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Jan 02, 2022 10:54PM ET
Fraudci is a corrupt lying weasel
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Fauci warns of danger of hospitalization surge due to large number of COVID cases
Published Jan 02, 2022 10:16AM ET
Updated Jan 02, 2022 06:51PM ET
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks about the Omicron coronavirus variant during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
By Kanishka Singh
(Reuters) -Top U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said there was still a danger of a surge in hospitalization due to a large number of coronavirus cases even as early data suggests the Omicron COVID-19 variant is less severe.
"The only difficulty is that if you have so many cases, even if the rate of hospitalization is lower with Omicron than it is with Delta, there is still the danger that you will have a surging of hospitalizations that might stress the healthcare system," Fauci said in an interview on Sunday with CNN.
The Omicron variant was estimated to be 58.6% of the coronavirus variants circulating in the United States as of Dec. 25, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The sudden arrival of Omicron has brought record-setting case counts to countries around the world and dampened New Year festivities around the world..
"There will certainly be a lot more cases because this is a much more transmissible virus than Delta is," Fauci said on CNN.
However, "It looks, in fact, that it (Omicron) might be less severe, at least from data that we've gathered from South Africa, from the UK and even some from preliminary data from here in the United States," Fauci said.
Fauci added that the CDC will soon be coming out with a clarification on whether people with COVID-19 should test negative to leave isolation, after confusion last week over guidance that would let people leave after five days without symptoms.
The CDC had reduced the recommended isolation period for people with asymptomatic COVID to five days, down from 10. The policy does not require testing to confirm that a person is no longer infectious before they go back to work or socialize, causing some experts to raise questions.
"You're right. There has been some concern about why we don't ask people at that five-day period to get tested. That is something that is now under consideration", Fauci told ABC News in a separate interview on Sunday. "I think we're going to be hearing more about that in the next day or so from the CDC."
U.S. authorities registered at least 346,869 new coronavirus on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally. The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 rose by at least 377 to 828,562.
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Comments (23)
Stephen Towne
Jan 02, 2022 10:05PM ET
I heard Fauci is a racist
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pcg upstate
Jan 02, 2022 9:43PM ET
it's Lord Fauci to you!
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Tom Sc
Jan 02, 2022 9:03PM ET
this is when all the crazies come out and blame Fauci for random nonsense
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Rubberduck1973
Jan 02, 2022 8:13PM ET
I say let all unvaccinated who get COVID and get very ill Paris H outside of the hospitals and start treating people with real medical problems. It’s natural selection. If your brain can’t comprehend a pandemic, then maybe. Just maybe you shouldn’t be here.
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John Avenetti
Jan 02, 2022 8:13PM ET
rubber duck!!! correct! you have intellect of a child. move to Chyna. you're one of them
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Scott Faries
Jan 02, 2022 8:08PM ET
Fauci is the modern ****doctor feeding fear to empower the left...
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John Avenetti
Jan 02, 2022 8:01PM ET
People still listen to this guy? How gullible and driven by fear do you have to be to listen to this jack$$$???
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Santiago Dobronski
Jan 02, 2022 7:41PM ET
Stress the nonexistent helathcare system but lets fund 500million for electric chargers
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John Avenetti
Jan 02, 2022 7:41PM ET
it's all baloney. stop listening to fear
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Jurgen Daub
Jan 02, 2022 7:35PM ET
i learned there is a vaccine against ignorance in the works. last hope for humanity
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Adam Paine
Jan 02, 2022 7:35PM ET
it's called education :)
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slow nickel fast dime
Jan 02, 2022 7:30PM ET
Fauci, is the king of medical propaganda.
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