The White House has had “serious talks” with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about recommending that those vaccinated for COVID-19 socialize together, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci – who said he would like to take that advice to heart. and finally would hug his daughter after a year.
Strikingly, “while not backed by data, it is backed by common sense,” Fauci told CNN’s Chris Cuomo Thursday night that people who have already received their doses can hang out.
Fauci, who serves as President Biden’s science adviser, noted that “even though the risk is not zero, the risk becomes extremely low when both parties are vaccinated.
“So we’re going to see people say, ‘Hey, the more people get vaccinated, I can have dinner with my relative who comes in,’ he said.
“Before they were vaccinated, if they wanted to visit you, they would have to quarantine for a while, get tested and wear a mask,” said the country’s top infectious disease doctor.
“My professional judgment is that when my daughter wants to come in here and she’s been double vaccinated, I’m going to have her all over the house and I’m going to give her a big hug that I haven’t been able to do for a year,” he added.
Fauci also discussed the new coronavirus strain emerging in the Big Apple that shares some characteristics with the South African variety.
According to researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, the variant – dubbed B.1.526 – was present in about 12 percent of coronavirus samples collected in the city and surrounding areas by mid-February.
‘You know, it started as a cluster in the Washington Heights section at Columbia Medical Center and then it started going through the other parts of the city, the other boroughs, and it’s something you really want to pay attention to because it’s contains some worrying mutations, the cluster of mutations, ”Fauci said on CNN.
“Again, that is why we continue to take public health measures and get as many people as possible vaccinated. Anything you throw at us about a mutant will be counteracted by getting humans vaccinated, ”he said.
When asked if the current vaccines work against the variant, Fauci said, “No, we don’t know if it works directly against it, but that’s the point you want to get across to people.
Even though this vaccine is not directly linked to a variant that can occur anywhere – South America, South Africa, California, New York – the higher the level of protection against the original vaccine, there is an overflow of protection against the vaccine. variant.”