'By next season, if we have a vaccine, it won't be a pandemic, it won't be immobilizing the world, it won't be destroying the economy.' Although Fauci says it may not be possible to eradicate Covid-19, he says the US can get on top of it.
With 4.7 million cases and 158,249 deaths across the US alone, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday that the"highly transmissible" virus isn't likely to be eradicated from the planet. The conclusion drawn by the nation's leading infectious disease expert contrasts with that of President Donald Trump, who on Wednesday said the virus will"go away.
At least 39 states as well as Washington, DC and Puerto Rico have put some type of order in place that mandates the use of masks, and vaccines are advancing through development in hopes of reaching the public in 2021, Fauci has said. Still, the nation still is missing the cohesive response to the virus he would like to see.Read More"We had a disparate response," Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said.
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