Fauci: current plateau of the ‘unacceptable’ virus

Anthony FauciAnthony FauciSunday shows the preview: Manchin makes the round after key role in the debate on coronavirus relief Night defense: White House open to reform of the powers of war | Army base may house migrant children | Fauci reprimands the military for the overnight vaccine in the health care system: a CDC study links masks to fewer deaths from COVID-19 | Debate on bailout stops in Senate | Biden faces criticism of pressure to vaccinate teachers MORE, the country’s leading infectious disease specialist, described current coronavirus levels from 60,000 to 70,000 new cases per day as “unacceptable”.

Fauci said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” program on Sunday that he is concerned that the cases started to stabilize after falling “very sharply” last week.

“Historically, if you look at the different waves that we had, when they fell and started to stabilize at a very high level … stabilize at a level of [60,000] at 70,000 new cases per day is not an acceptable level, which is actually very high. “

The head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases added that Europe, which is “generally a few weeks ahead of us in these standards”, saw its numbers stabilize before “an increase of about 9 percent in cases”.

Fauci expressed doubts about the states that announced the complete lifting of masking mandates and public restrictions, saying “we want to go back carefully and slowly about withdrawing mitigation methods, but don’t turn the switch on and off, because it would really be risky to have more another wave, which we don’t want to happen, because we’re stagnating at a very high level. ”

He also warned people against letting their guard down as the weather gets warmer, saying “We’ve seen this movie before”.

He added that, unlike 2020, vaccines will continue to “dramatically increase” availability between now and the summer.

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