Rubio criticizes Fauci for raising herd immunity estimates to 90 percent

Rubio criticizes Fauci for raising herd immunity estimates to 90 percent

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Sen. Marco RubioMarco Antonio Rubio George Clooney calls Trump a ‘charismatic carnival barker’ DeWine tells Ohio teachers, school staff to become the next group to receive COVID-19 vaccine. Nicolle Wallace asks Chris Christie if he’s trying to ‘clean up the Trump stench’ before 2024 MORE (R-Fla.) Criticizes the government’s leading expert on infectious diseases, Anthony FauciAnthony FauciTSA selected 1.1 million travelers the day after Christmas Saudi Arabia to allow outbound international flights for foreign nationals in December, the deadliest month of COVID-19 pandemic., for raising its estimate for the U.S. to achieve herd immunity to the coronavirus up to 90 percent of the vaccinated population.

The Florida Republican said Fauci “distorted” herd immunity estimates after the expert told it The New York Times in an interview published last week, that he increasingly increased his projected percentage.

‘Dr FauciAnthony FauciTSA selected 1.1 million travelers the day after Christmas Saudi Arabia to allow outbound international flights for foreign nationals in December, the deadliest month of COVID-19 pandemic. lied about masks in March, “Rubio tweeted on Sunday. “Dr. Fauci has distorted the vaccination needed for herd immunity. It’s not just him.”

“Many of the elite bubbles believe that the American public does not know ‘what is good for them’.

Fauci told the newspaper he had raised his estimates because he believes Americans are now more capable of taking it than going to pre-COVID-19 society 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 he increased the estimates because fewer Americans are skeptical about the vaccine.

“When polls say only half of all Americans will take a vaccine, I said herd immunity would take 70 to 75 percent,” Fauci told the Times. “When newer recordings said that 60 percent or more would take it, I thought, ‘I can do it a little bit’, so I went to 80, 85. ‘

Herd immunity refers to the percentage of the 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 should get the vaccine for herd immunity.

“We need to have a little humility here,” Fauci told the Times. “We really do not know what the correct number is. I think the actual range is between 70 and 90 percent. But I’m not going to say 90 percent. ”

In his tweet, Rubio also drew attention to Fauci’s remarks from March when he said that there is no reason for Americans to walk around with a mask on if they are not infected, or by health care providers, while Fauci note that it does not provide. “the perfect protection that people think.”

Fauci later told CBS News in a 60-minute interview that the majority of the public using masks “could lead to a shortage of masks for the people who really need them.”

Fauci revised his initial advice weeks later, recommending that Americans wear face masks in public to prevent the disease from spreading.

Months later, Fauci said he had previously discouraged Americans from wearing masks out of concern because the demand for face masks would cause a shortage of health workers at risk of contracting the virus.

Fauci has repeatedly come under criticism from some political figures on the right. President TrumpDonald Trump’s New York Post editorial calls on President Trump to ‘start thinking’ about Georgia’s runoff instead of overthrowing the Loeffler election. also sometimes criticized Fauci.

Updated at 1:55 p.m.

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