April 10, 2022, 4:55 p.m. • 5 minutes reading Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Email this article Dr Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser at the White House, said Americans should continue to assess the risk to themselves as COVID-19 cases increase. “It will be a one-man decision on the individual risks they are going to take,” Fauci told This Week co-presenter Jonathan Carl on Sunday. “This is not going to be eliminated and it is not going to be eliminated,” Fauci said. “Well, you will ask a question and an answer for yourself, for me as a person, for you as a person. What is my age? What is my condition? I have people in the house who are vulnerable that if you bring the virus home , can there be a problem? “ Fauci said that while “there is concern that we are seeing an increase in cases”, “it is not unexpected that you are going to see an increase when you withdraw mitigation methods”. With 21 states now reporting an increase in COVID cases, Fauci said much of the country “is still in this green zone, which means that coverage is not recommended in the sense that it is not required indoors.” Amid the rise, the annual Gridiron Club dinner held last Saturday in Washington was followed by an increase in COVID-19 cases among high-profile attendees. “Let me ask you about the sharp increase we have seen here in Washington,” Carl said. “You and I were both at the Gridiron Dinner. This is a dinner that had about 600 attendees. So far, I think we’re in 67 people who were positive about the dinner … What’s the lesson here?” “I think people who run events, who host big dinners, who run events like the White House Correspondents’ Ball, or who think back, Gridiron Dinner, have to decide by looking at the CDC guidelines and seeing where the trends are.” , Fauci answered. President Joe Biden did not attend the event, but he was in contact with many prominent lawmakers, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other officials who were recently found positive or considered to be in close contact with someone who did. “What is your level of concern about the president’s report here?” Carl asked. “Well, John, the protocols for protecting the president are strong enough,” Fauci said. “The president is vaccinated. He has been double-boosted. He received his fourth mRNA shot. When people like me and my colleagues are in the room with him for a long time – half an hour, 20 minutes, 40 minutes, we all have to be tested. ». Biden, 79, received his second booster vaccine last month. Fauci urged those entitled to follow the president’s example and said the “best way to mitigate” life with “some degree of virus in the community” was to get vaccinated. Meanwhile, Fauci said, “We are watching it very, very closely,” adding that “we hope we will not see increased seriousness.”
