White House Chief Medical Advisor Anthony Fauci says another booster shot will be needed against the coronavirus, predicting an increase in infections in the fall.
Fauci served as the coronavirus adviser to former president Donald Trump and is now chief medical advisor for the Biden administration.
In an interview with NHK on Wednesday, Fauci said, "A year and a half or so ago ... I was warning the country and the administration that this was very, very serious and we could have up to 200,000 deaths."
He said, "I was actually criticized for being too alarmist and exaggerating, and it turns out that not only was I not exaggerating ... the toll was five times what I had said."
Fauci blamed disparity of access to health care in the United States and people's lack of enthusiasm for getting vaccinated as two factors that caused coronavirus deaths to mark the tragic milestone of 1 million deaths in the country.
US President Joe Biden last Friday announced that the total number of deaths from the coronavirus in his country reached 1 million.
Comparing the pandemic-related death rates in the US and Japan, Fauci said the Asian nation has much more uniform access to health care, a higher vaccination rate and a population that wears masks and obeys requests from the government not to congregate in indoor settings.
He said, "We are not going to eradicate this infection. ... The one important thing is we don't want to accept living with it at a high level that disrupts society and interferes with our life."
He called for people to take basic anti-infection measures, including keeping up to date on vaccines and wearing a mask indoors.
He said development of vaccines that will cover all variants is ongoing.
Fauci said, "In the meantime, we are doing clinical studies to determine, for the coming summer, what is the best of the boosters to get because we are very likely going to see an increase in infections as we enter the fall."
He added, "We want to make sure we get the right booster so we're doing a number of studies now to do that."
Fauci served as the coronavirus adviser to former president Donald Trump and is now chief medical advisor for the Biden administration.
In an interview with NHK on Wednesday, Fauci said, "A year and a half or so ago ... I was warning the country and the administration that this was very, very serious and we could have up to 200,000 deaths."
He said, "I was actually criticized for being too alarmist and exaggerating, and it turns out that not only was I not exaggerating ... the toll was five times what I had said."
Fauci blamed disparity of access to health care in the United States and people's lack of enthusiasm for getting vaccinated as two factors that caused coronavirus deaths to mark the tragic milestone of 1 million deaths in the country.
US President Joe Biden last Friday announced that the total number of deaths from the coronavirus in his country reached 1 million.
Comparing the pandemic-related death rates in the US and Japan, Fauci said the Asian nation has much more uniform access to health care, a higher vaccination rate and a population that wears masks and obeys requests from the government not to congregate in indoor settings.
He said, "We are not going to eradicate this infection. ... The one important thing is we don't want to accept living with it at a high level that disrupts society and interferes with our life."
He called for people to take basic anti-infection measures, including keeping up to date on vaccines and wearing a mask indoors.
He said development of vaccines that will cover all variants is ongoing.
Fauci said, "In the meantime, we are doing clinical studies to determine, for the coming summer, what is the best of the boosters to get because we are very likely going to see an increase in infections as we enter the fall."
He added, "We want to make sure we get the right booster so we're doing a number of studies now to do that."
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White House Chief Medical Advisor Anthony Fauci predicts another booster shot will be needed against COVID-19, with a potential rise in cases during fall. He served as coronavirus advisor under former President Donald Trump and now advises the Biden administration. Fauci discussed the high death
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URL: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220519_05/
Date: May 19, 2022
Created: 2022/05/19 08:22
Updated: 2025/12/09 16:13
Last Read: 2022/05/19 08:22