Dr. Anthony Fauci on Omicron and the Covid-19 Stalemate

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🗓️ 16 December 2021

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, America's top infectious disease official, says we are at a stalemate in the war against Covid-19. New coronavirus cases in the United Kingdom just hit a record high as the Omicron variant spreads. And U.S. deaths from the virus have surpassed 800,000, even as vaccines become more widely available. We speak with Dr. Fauci about the war against coronavirus and whether we can ever win it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	COVID cases have been surging around the world as a worrisome new variant quickly spreads.
0:12.4	The UK has today recorded the highest daily number of new cases since the 9th of January
0:21.4	with close to 60,000.
0:24.2	The housing companies have had to reverse course and put back in place rules to stop the spread.
0:30.4	Exactly six months after California lifted its mask mandate, it will reinstate it.
0:35.7	Broadway is canceling shows.
0:37.8	Major sports leagues have postponed games and schools and universities are reporting new
0:43.5	outbreaks.
0:44.5	Cornell University has entered a level red alert, shutting down its campus and moving all
0:49.5	finals online. More than 900 students have tested positive for COVID, University officials
0:55.2	saying a very high percentage are Omicron cases.
1:00.1	With COVID deaths in the U.S. now over 800,000 and the new Omicron variant spreading fast,
1:06.9	it feels like the fight against COVID is never ending.
1:10.4	So we thought it was a good time to talk to one of the nation's leading COVID experts,
1:15.4	Dr. Anthony Fauci.
1:19.7	This is a war we're at and we've got to use all our resources to fight the enemy in this
1:25.2	case, the virus.
1:26.6	Do you think we're winning that war?
1:29.2	I think it's pretty much a stalemate thus far.
1:32.9	I don't think we're winning it because we're having a surge of infection right now.
1:38.9	We're not losing it but we're not winning it.
1:41.3	Winning it is when you completely crush this virus to a level that's so low it doesn't
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