Sen. Marco Rubio
Marco Antonio RubioGeorge Clooney calls Trump ‘a charismatic carnival bum’ DeWine says Ohio teachers, school staff will be the next group to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Nicolle Wallace asks Chris Christie if he’s trying to ‘clean up Trump’s stench ‘before 2024 MORE (R-Florida) is criticizing the government’s leading infectious disease specialist, Anthony Fauci
Anthony FauciTSA screened 1.1 million travelers the day after Christmas in Saudi Arabia to allow international outbound flights for foreigners. December, the deadliest month of the COVID-19 pandemic. MORE, for raising its estimate that the US will achieve collective immunity against coronavirus for up to 90 percent of the population being vaccinated.
The Florida Republican said Fauci had “skewed” the herd’s immunity estimates after the expert said The New York Times in an interview published last week that he has been gradually increasing his projected percentage.
“Dr. FauciAnthony FauciTSA screened 1.1 million travelers the day after Christmas in Saudi Arabia to allow international outbound flights for foreigners. December, the deadliest month of the COVID-19 pandemic. MORE lied about masks in March, ”Rubio tweeted on Sunday. “Dr. Fauci has distorted the level of vaccination required for herd immunity. It’s not just him. “
“Many in the elite bubbles believe that the American public does not know ‘what is good for them’, so they need to be induced to ‘do the right thing’,” he added.
Dr. Fauci lied about masks in March
Dr. Fauci has distorted the level of vaccination required for herd immunity
It’s not just him
Many in the elite bubbles believe that the American public doesn’t know “what’s good for them”, so they need to be tricked into “doing the right thing”
– Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) December 27, 2020
Fauci told the newspaper he increased his estimates because he thinks Americans are now better able to cope with the fact that reaching pre-COVID-19 society may take longer than expected. He also said that knowledge about COVID-19 was a factor.
Fauci, who heads the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, also said that he raised the estimates because fewer Americans are reporting being skeptical about vaccination.
“When surveys indicated that only half of all Americans would get the vaccine, I was saying that collective immunity would take 70 to 75%,” Fauci told the Times. “So when more recent polls said that 60 percent or more would accept, I thought, ‘I can increase this a little bit’, so I went to 80, 85.”
Herd immunity refers to the percentage of a population that needs to be vaccinated to make the spread of the virus unlikely. Last month, Fauci predicted that 70 to 75 percent of Americans would need to receive the vaccine for collective immunity.
“We need to be humble here,” Fauci told the Times. “We really don’t know what the real number is. I think the actual range is between 70 and 90 percent. But, I will not say 90 percent. “
In his tweet, Rubio also drew attention to Fauci’s suggestion at the beginning of the pandemic against the American public wearing masks, with the concern that the demand for masks would cause a shortage of health professionals at greater risk of contracting the virus.
But Fauci deviated from his initial advice in weeks and recommended that Americans wear face masks in public to prevent spread.
Fauci was repeatedly criticized by some political figures on the right. President Trump
Donald Trump The New York Post’s editorial board urges President Trump to ‘start thinking’ about Georgia’s runoff instead of canceling the elections. he also sometimes criticized Fauci.