Tag: Anthony Fauci

Fauci Says Vaccine Rollout Disappointingly Slow Because States and Counties Lack Resources

Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that vaccine rollout has been disappointingly slow and called for more resources for states and counties to speed up the process. Trump administration officials had said they projected 20 million people would get vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of the year….


Fauci Again Changes His Perspective on COVID-19 Herd Immunity Threshold

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has again changed his perspective on the COVID-19 herd immunity threshold in the United States, saying that his previous figures were “guesstimates.” Fauci in an interview on Sunday defended shifting his projections about herd immunity for COVID-19, the disease caused by the…


Fauci Says Herd Immunity Could Require up to 90 Percent Vaccination Rate

Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that to achieve herd immunity against COVID-19, 90 percent of the population would need to be vaccinated. In an interview published Thursday, Fauci acknowledged that he had gradually increased his estimates from earlier in the year when he said that around…


Fauci, Other Health Officials Get COVID-19 Vaccine

Dr. Anthony Fauci and other health officials got COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday. The group, which included Health Secretary Alex Azar, was vaccinated at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, also known as SARS-CoV-2. The vaccinations marked the beginning of the NIH’s…


Fauci Urges Calm Over CCP Virus Variant, Advises Against UK Travel Ban

Anthony Fauci, a leading member of the White House pandemic task force, said on Monday that he does not recommend imposing a travel ban on the United Kingdom, where a new mutant strain of the CCP virus is prevalent. During an interview with CNN, Fauci said the U.S. government should “without a doubt keep an…