On the one-year anniversary of the last pre-Covid blockade Late Show, Dr. Anthony Fauci visited Stephen Colbert on Friday to discuss America’s way back to “normal”. During the interview, the host asked Fauci to choose his favorite vaccine from the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines.
“I would choose the one that was most available to me,” said Fauci.
“All three are highly effective. They have different characteristics: cold storage, one dose versus two doses, but if I went to a clinic and wanted to be vaccinated and someone said: ‘You can get this vaccine now or wait a few weeks for the next one’, the important thing is to get the vaccine as quickly as possible to protect you, your family and the community ”.
The immunologist added: “So I have no favorites. I happened to take Moderna, because at the NIH clinic [National Institutes of Health] where I am, this is what they sent to us, but if they sent another one, I would have taken it promptly. “
Colbert then joked, mocking conspiracy theorists, “Do you know which one delivers Bill Gates’ brain control microchip most effectively?”
Fauci replied with a smile: “Well, there are a few. A microchip of mine, a microchip of Bill. “
Although Fauci is unsure whether America will ever completely eradicate Covid-19, he “assured” and was “absolutely certain” that things will eventually return to normal in America, thanks in part to the Biden government’s scientific approach to coronavirus.
“In all aspects of the effort, before – before, during the previous administration – a lot of discretion, a lot of decision making, a lot of authority was left to the states themselves,” said Fauci.
“What we have more now is cooperation, collaboration and what I would call synergy between the federal government and the states to get things done … I have always felt over the past year that there should have been interaction in the sense of synergy. to say, ‘Here’s what you do, and go ahead. If you are successful, if you fail, the problem is yours, ‘that is not the best way to do this. “
Colbert also asked Fauci some practical questions, such as whether vaccinated people can still spread the virus and must wear masks, and whether they can go to the club. “No, you should not attack clubs until we have lowered the level of the virus to the point that there is no threat of reaching the clubs,” said Fauci.