October 5, 2022 3:24pm EDT
Another COVID variant could emerge this winter, Fauci warns
BA.5 omicron COVID variant is prevalent across the country
By Julia Musto | Fox News
White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci cautioned Tuesday that "we should not be surprised" if a new COVID-19 variant emerges in the winter.
Speaking during an event with the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, Fauci said that while pandemic trends like hospitalizations were down nationwide, challenges still lie ahead.
"We should anticipate that we very well may get another variant that would emerge that would elude the immune response that we've gotten from infection and/or from vaccination," Fauci said, noting that there's always the risk of an uptick of respiratory diseases during the winter months.
Last winter, the omicron variant led to a surge in cases, and multiple sublineages have spread since then.
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