Here’s When Dr. Fauci Really Thinks We Will Have Covid Under Control
Pool/Getty Images By Melissa Willets/Aug. 24, 2021 10:30 am EST
If you had told most people Covid-19 would still be controlling our lives in the fall of 2021, we wouldn’t have believed it. But, here we are, with the virus’ new variant, Delta, causing cases to spike nationwide (via U.S. News & World Report). Throughout the pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci has shared his view on when things might go back to normal, saying in February, “Hopefully, by the time we start entering 2022, we really will have a degree of normality that will approximate the kind of normality we’ve been used to” (via ABC News).
Then, on Monday, the White House chief medical advisor told NPR fall or winter of next year is when the U.S. is likely to gain control over Covid-19. Now, you do the math, because that means we could be looking at another year of pandemic restrictions. Thankfully, Fauci later clarified his comments, saying on CNN that instead of fall or winter, Americans can look toward an earlier point at which we may see Covid-19 being more under control.
Here’s When Dr. Fauci Really Thinks We Will Have Covid Under Control
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By Melissa Willets/Aug. 24, 2021 10:30 am EST
If you had told most people Covid-19 would still be controlling our lives in the fall of 2021, we wouldn’t have believed it. But, here we are, with the virus’ new variant, Delta, causing cases to spike nationwide (via U.S. News & World Report). Throughout the pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci has shared his view on when things might go back to normal, saying in February, “Hopefully, by the time we start entering 2022, we really will have a degree of normality that will approximate the kind of normality we’ve been used to” (via ABC News).
Then, on Monday, the White House chief medical advisor told NPR fall or winter of next year is when the U.S. is likely to gain control over Covid-19. Now, you do the math, because that means we could be looking at another year of pandemic restrictions. Thankfully, Fauci later clarified his comments, saying on CNN that instead of fall or winter, Americans can look toward an earlier point at which we may see Covid-19 being more under control.
Then, on Monday, the White House chief medical advisor told NPR fall or winter of next year is when the U.S. is likely to gain control over Covid-19. Now, you do the math, because that means we could be looking at another year of pandemic restrictions.
Thankfully, Fauci later clarified his comments, saying on CNN that instead of fall or winter, Americans can look toward an earlier point at which we may see Covid-19 being more under control.
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Of course, gaining control over the virus will not happen on its own, with Fauci going on to say that if “the overwhelming majority of the 90 million people who have not been vaccinated” do so, “the spring of 2022” is an achievable time period for getting life back to normal.
