Dr. Anthony Fauci walks back comment about US no longer being in ‘pandemic phase’

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New York Post By Mark Lungariello 4/27/2022

Dr. Anthony Fauci walked back his comment that the US was no longer in the “pandemic phase” of COVID-19 — the latest jumbled messaging from President Biden’s chief medical adviser on the coronavirus.

Biden administration officials and Fauci were scrambling Wednesday to emphasize that the country is still in the midst of a pandemic and that emergency measures are still needed after Fauci told PBS the precise opposite.

“Here we are. It’s the end of April. It’s the spring of 2022. How close are we to the end of the pandemic?” Judy Woodruff of “PBS NewsHour” asked Fauci Tuesday.

“We are certainly, right now, in this country out of the pandemic phase,” Fauci replied. “Namely, we don’t have 900,000 new infections a day and tens and tens and tens of thousands of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths. We are at a low level right now.

“So, if you’re saying, are we out of the pandemic phase in this country, we are,” he added.

A day later, after his comments made headlines worldwide, Fauci was singing a different tune. “We are in a different moment of the pandemic,” Fauci told the Associated Press Wednesday. The US has “decelerated and transitioned into more of a controlled phase” after a winter surge, he added.

“By no means does that mean the pandemic is over,” Fauci said in his 180-degree turnabout.

He told the Washington Post Wednesday: “The world is still in a pandemic. There’s no doubt about that. Don’t anybody get any misinterpretation of that.”

More: https://nypost.com/2022/04/27/dr-fauci-walks-back-comment-about-us-no-longer-in-pandemic-phase/

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Clay Travis
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Yesterday Dr. Fauci said the covid pandemic was over. Today he said the covid pandemic is not over. This guy is a total and complete clown.
8:36 PM · Apr 27, 2022·

Dr. Fauci Completely Flips His Opinion On Pandemic A Day Later
by Alejandro Avila about 13 hours ago
updated about 13 hours ago   
Dr. Anthony Fauci has flip-flopped yet again.

The epidemiologist took back his comments made about the COVID-19 pandemic. He flipped his opinion only a day after appearing in an interview with PBS where he declared that the pandemic was officially over.

During a conversation on Tuesday with PBS’ Judy Woodruff, Dr. Fauci sounded certain that the COVID-19 pandemic was no longer a reality in the U.S.

“We are certainly, right now, in this country out of the pandemic phase,” Fauci said. “Namely, we don’t have 900,000 new infections a day and tens and tens and tens of thousands of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths. We are at a low level right now.”

Fauci backpedaled a day later and announced that the nation is still in the midst of a pandemic.

He retracted his comments — speaking with the Associated Press and The Washington Post on Wednesday.

“We are in a different moment of the pandemic,” Fauci told the AP. “By no means does that mean the pandemic is over.”  ...

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This Ass clown never fails to shown his true colors.