Fauci says virus may never be eradicated, contradicting Trump

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, said COVID-19 will likely never be eradicated, a statement that contradicts President Trump's claims that the coronavirus will "go away."

"I don't think we're going to eradicate this from the planet ... because it's such a highly transmissible virus that that seems unlikely," Fauci said in an interview with Reuters. "But what I think we can do with a combination of a good vaccine and attention to public health measures - and by attention I don't mean shut down, I mean things that are just prudent - then I think we can get behind this."

Fauci, however, said he believes the nation can move past the peak levels of coronavirus cases.

"We may need to go through a season of it, and then by the next season if we have a vaccine it won't be a pandemic, it won't be immobilizing the world, it won't be destroying the economy," he said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fauci-says-virus-may-never-be-eradicated-contradicting-trump/ar-BB17DOj2?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=DELLDHP

[Laelth]

1. Now the forecasts are starting to sound more realistic. n/t

-Laelth

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Who should I believe-- Fauci ot Trump?

[Laelth]

4. Do we have herd immunity to the common cold?

SARS-CoV-19 is closely related to the common cold. It just packs a much harder punch, but there’s no reason to believe that humanity will ever gain herd immunity to it.

Ebola was highly deadly but not very contagious. It could be contained. SARS-CoV-19 is outrageously contagious. The best we can do with it is flatten the curve, i.e. slow down the rate of transmission so that our health care services aren’t overwhelmed by all of us getting sick at the same time.

-Laelth