In an interview with the White House coronavirus advisor Fauci:
The severity of the disease decreased significantly with the Omicron strain..and this is good news
White House coronavirus advisor Anthony Fauci.
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The White House adviser on Corona, Anthony Fauci, warned that it was the reluctance of many people to take the vaccine that prolonged the pandemic.
He said in an interview with the German newspaper "Der Spiegel" that the dangers of the Omicron strain should not be tolerated. Here are excerpts from the interview:
■ In your last interview we had with you in August 2020, you expected that with the effective vaccine, the pandemic would end by the end of 2021.. What happened?
■■ The virus behaved like all viruses, and this surprised us, and one of the things that was not expected was the emergence of the powerful Delta strain that led to many infections.
In the United States, many people began to refrain from vaccinations, so they helped to promote the spread of the virus, which is what happened in Germany.
We discovered that the protection by the vaccine decreased after several months, and we started providing the booster doses, and when these doses took effect, the Omicron strain appeared.
■ The fastest spreading strain of the Delta?
■■ Yes, which is exceptional, but we are starting to see in studies in South Africa and in the United Kingdom, as well as other recent studies in the United States, that the severity of the disease decreased significantly with the Omicron strain, which is good news.
Patients who are sent to hospitals in the United States are now either unvaccinated or have immune system problems.
■ I said this week that everyone will be infected with Omicron.. Will this virus turn into a normal epidemic?
■■ I think so, at least I hope so, but there are no certain guarantees, and when that happens we will look at Corona as a respiratory disease that does not pose a danger to most people.
■ Will there be other strains after Omicron?
■■ Given the variation in the proportion of vaccinated people in the rich and poor countries of the world, this will lead to the continuity of the disease, and at the same time this will be an opportunity for the virus to transform into mutations and the formation of new strains, and it is understood that the new strains will spread faster and more effective.
■ Before the end of last year, the police arrested a person who was carrying a gun on his way to Washington, DC, and carrying a list of names he wanted to liquidate, including yours. How do you become a doctor and the world is so hated?
■■ Some Americans are politicizing the division in our country, writing strange things on social media.
And imagine that some of them say that I am the one who created the Corona virus, and some wrote that I intrude on their freedom when I ask them to take the vaccine or wear the muzzle, and I became their enemy.
■ What makes you feel frustrated?
■■ Science told us that the vaccine will protect us from diseases, but the frustration comes when you know that you have the tool to save people's lives, but for political reasons this tool is not used, and the people trying to save people are being demonized.
■ Many believe that SARS and Corona virus were created in a laboratory, but you testified under oath before Congress that you did not fund such work in the Chinese city of Wuhan, and later journalists revealed a document proving that a grant had been submitted to a project that included experiments on Corona viruses generated from mice and bats .. How explain it?
■■ In fact, this was done for the purposes of making a flu vaccine, and in addition, this project was not approved by me but by the Office of Scientific and Technical Policy in the United States.
■ Last Tuesday, during a live session in Congress, you insulted a member of Congress, and you seemed to think that the microphone was off.
■■ Yes I feel sorry I did, but this member was accusing me of working for the league companies to get the money, and he didn't know that all my money is public, but with that I apologize because it's not my style.
• In the United States, many people began to refrain from vaccination, and that is why these people helped to promote the spread of the virus.
• Frustration comes when you know that you have the tool to save people's lives, but for political reasons this tool is not used, and the people trying to save people are being demonized.
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