Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday that it is possible that Americans will still have to wear face masks by 2022, even if the country can reach a certain degree of normality. ‘
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Although Fauci noted that he can not predict when the US may return to the way it works during pre-pandemic life, he believes that by the end of the year the United States may have a significant degree of normality above that the terrible burden we have all gone through over the past year. ‘
‘As we come in autumn and winter, towards the end of the year, I agree [President Biden] completely, that we will approach a degree of normalcy, “Fauci said.” It may or may not be exactly as it was in November 2019, but it will be much better than what we are doing now. ”
However, Fauci stressed that this is just an estimate and that “a lot of things can happen to change that.”
“That’s why we need to be careful,” Fauci added. “Because you have the disorder you have to deal with. There are so many other things that can make a projection that I will give you today on Sunday, and it is not six months from now.”
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Fauci explained that the community prevalence of the coronavirus will be the determining factor when Americans do not have to wear masks, noting that he wants to see the transmission to a baseline drop so low that there is a ‘minimal threat’. that you will be exposed to someone who is infected. ‘
‘If you agree to get most people in the country vaccinated and get the level of virus in the community very, very low, then I believe you will be able to say that you mostly know that we do not necessarily have to wear masks carry, ”Fauci said. “If it goes down and the vast majority of the population is vaccinated, I feel comfortable saying you know we have to withdraw the masks, we don’t have to have masks.”
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that more than 63 million doses of COVID-19 were administered in the United States as of Sunday. According to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University, COVID-19 has infected more than 28 million Americans since March 2020, leading to more than 498,000 related deaths.