Dr. Anthony Fauci says the recent dip in COVID-19 cases is not an excuse to go unvaccinated.
“The people who are unvaccinated, when they see the curve starting to come down, that’s not a reason to remain unvaccinated,” Anthony Fauci, MD, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said at a White House briefing. “It is not an excuse to walk away from the issue of getting vaccinated.”
Although 185 million Americans are fully vaccinated, that leaves 70 million eligible residents who have not gotten the shot. Walensky reported new data showing that COVID-related deaths are substantially higher in states with lower than 50% vaccination rates. At the peak of the summer Delta surge, she said, states with low coverage had twice the infection rate of states with more vaccinated residents.are highly effective in preventing severe disease, hospitalizations, and deaths due to COVID- 19.
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