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Marco Loureiro Silva
Jul 02, 2021 5:04AM ET
Let's not accept the Faucism!
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Delta COVID-19 variant greatest threat to U.S. pandemic response -Fauci
Published Jun 22, 2021 02:08PM ET
Updated Jun 22, 2021 03:08PM ET
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, gives an opening statement during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss the on-going federal response to COVID-19,
(Updates headline to clarify the Delta variant)
By Carl O'Donnell
(Reuters) -The Delta variant of the novel coronavirus that was first found in India is the greatest threat to the United States' effort to eradicate COVID-19 in its borders, said U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci during a Tuesday press call.
"The transmissibility is unquestionably greater" in the Delta variant than the original variant of COVID-19, Fauci said, adding that "it is associated with an increased disease severity."
The Delta variant is becoming the globally dominant version of the disease, the World Health Organization's chief scientist said on Friday.
Fauci said that the vaccines authorized in the United States, including the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, are effective against the new variant of COVID-19.
"We have the tools, so let's use them and crush the outbreak," Fauci said.
The United States is falling short of its goal of vaccinating 70% of adults by July 4 and will likely need a few additional weeks to hit that target, White House COVID-19 senior adviser Jeffrey Zients said during the press call.
Zients added that he expects 70% of adults over 27 years old will have had at least one shot by July 4.
More than 150 million people in the United States, or more than 45% of the population, have been fully vaccinated, according to federal data last updated on Monday.
The Delta variant contributed to a severe outbreak of COVID-19 in India during April and May that overwhelmed health services in the country and killed hundreds of thousands.
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Comments (6)
ForexInsiders
Jun 29, 2021 10:07AM ET
Fauci lied, people died. Quit deleting the truth Investing!
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Ron Tinari
Jun 22, 2021 10:26PM ET
Fauci should not be giving advise for anything!
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joseph zmuda
Jun 22, 2021 3:40PM ET
Darwin will fix things
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Jouni
Jun 22, 2021 3:20PM ET
FED is the greatest threat.
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Lewis Hughes
Jun 22, 2021 2:56PM ET
Mass vaccinating the population including low risk individuals is why these variants exist in the first place. They even admit - under their breath - that these experimental vaccines that they are pushing are not even expected to last a year. They are creating more transmissible and dangerous variants just to push their political agendas and trying to mass vaccinate the population, including people who have low risk with COVID than with the common flu. Let us also not forget that Fauci was involved in support/funding for the lab that created the virus and several years ago (prior to the Obama/Biden administration opening the Wuhan lab) said the benefits of gain-of-function research outweighed the risks of pandemic...and here we are.
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