The United States is no longer in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the coronavirus' continuing global threat, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci:
Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Biden, cites the U.S. vaccination program and previous widespread transmission of COVID-19 as reasons why the country is not now under pandemic conditions. Here, travelers are seen at Miami International Airport last week, after mask requirements were lifted.
Nearly two-and-a-half years into the pandemic, it's not surprising that antibody blood tests would show a high percentage of the U.S. population has had the virus, Fauci said. He added that while immunity derived from infection isn't indefinite, it does give people some protection against contracting a severe case in the future.
When you combine the number of people who've been infected and those who are vaccinated, Fauci said,"you have a rather substantial proportion of the United States population that has some degree of immunity that's residual.""I am virtually certain that we are undercounting the number of infections" in the U.S. because many people are experiencing only mild or no symptoms, Fauci said.
The infectious disease expert said it's"an unanswerable question" to ask when the global pandemic will end.
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