Dr. Fauci Announces United States Out of Pandemic Stage of COVID-19
During a recent interview with PBS NewsHour, the chief medical advisor to the White House, Dr. Anthony Fauci, announced that the United States is now out of the pandemic stage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Per the New York Post, during the interview that was lead by PBS NewHour’s Judy Woodruff, Woodruff asked Dr. Fauci, “Here we are. It’s the end of April. It’s the spring of 2022. How close are we to the end of the pandemic?”
Dr. Fauci answered, “We are certainly right now, in this country our of the pandemic phase.”
He went on to say, “Namely, we don’t have 900,000 new infections a day and tens and tens and tens of thousands of hospitalization and thousands of deaths.”
He added, “We are at a low level right now. So, if you’re saying, are we out of the pandemic phase in this country, we are.”
This is really great news considering that a new variant of the Omicron variant has been detected in the United States. Even with a small uptick in cases, Dr. Fauci still sees the light at the end of the tunnel.
While the United States might be out of the pandemic phase of COVID-19, there still is much concern for other parts of the world.
“Pandemic means a widespread, throughout the world, infection that spreads rapidly among people. So, if you look at the global situation, there’s no doubt this pandemic is still ongoing,” he state.
In addition, Dr. Fauci also reminded us that COVID-19 will never be completely eradicate and is here to stay.
During an interview over the weekend with ABC’s “This Week,” Dr. Facui stated, “This is not going to be eradicated, and it’s not going to be eliminated. What’s going to happen is that we’re going to see that each individual is going to have to make their calculation of the amount of risk that they want to take.”
Dr, Fauci’s comments about the COVID-19 pandemic stage ending in the United States comes fresh on the heels of a federal judge knocking down the federal mask mandate on all forms of public transportation including airplanes and buses. This ruling went into effect immediately by many airlines much to the dismay of Dr. Fauci.
“The CDC has the capacity, through a large number of trained epidemiologists, scientists, to be able to make projections and make recommendations. For more than a judge with no experience in public health,” Dr. Fauci stated in an interview with CBS News.
With Dr. Fauci declaring an end to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, will this change how you travel or have you already been traveling more? Let us know in the comments below.
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