Vaccinated Fauci provides shelter for people at home, but stays away from busy indoor areas

Anthony FauciAnthony FauciTrump Endorses Rand Paul for Re-Election The Hill’s Morning Report – Biden: Let’s Deal on Infrastructure, Taxes Nocturnal Health Care: UK Coronavirus Variant Now Most Common in US | More than 500K apply for ObamaCare in special period | EU finds ‘possible link’ between AstraZeneca vaccine, blood clots MORE The country’s top infectious disease expert said he will allow his fully vaccinated neighbors into his home without masks, but will stay away from busy indoor areas.

“I don’t think – even if I got vaccinated – I would go to a crowded, covered place where people don’t wear masks,” Fauci told Business Insider during an interview published this week.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 179 million doses of vaccine have been administered in the US as of Saturday afternoon.

However, Fauci said Americans shouldn’t claim victory over the virus just yet, as the number of cases is soaring in several states.

Michigan, in particular, has seen a spike in cases with the coronavirus tearing through workplaces, churches and other public spaces, according to The New York Times.

“It’s kind of a race between the vaccine and the possibility of another wave to come,” Fauci said.

Fauci said 70 to 85 percent of the population must be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity, which could happen in June if the US continues to administer an average of 3 million vaccines a day, Business Insider reported.

“If we could just hold on for a while,” he told Business Insider, “we’ll get to a point where the protection of the general community through the vaccine would make it very unlikely that we’ll get another wave.”

Although Fauci does not enter or travel, he lets neighbors who have been vaccinated into his home without masks.

“We feel very comfortable in the house without masks, and we can have physical contact and things like that,” Fauci said.

Fauci said his prudent lifestyle could also be due to how busy he is.

“To be honest, I don’t really have time to do anything else,” he said. “I haven’t had a day off for a year and three months.”

The CDC has issued guidelines for vaccinated people, stating that they can travel domestically without being quarantined and meet other vaccinated people without a mask.