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Dr. Anthony Fauci said that while he is "very confident" that we will have a coronavirus vaccine "in the next few months," it is unlikely that we will be able to continue our normal lives until at least the end of next year. , or maybe 2022.
'If we have a vaccination campaign, and by the second or third quarter of 2021 we have vaccinated a substantial proportion of people, I think it will be easily by the end of 2021, and maybe even by 2022, before we start to have any. semblance of normalcy, ”Fauci said during a Melbourne University panel on Tuesday.
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However, Fauci noted that political division and fear of economic losses have affected the country's current performance.
“When we were trying to open the economy again, or open the country… and I was very involved with Dr. Deborah Birx and working out these guidelines, which were a gateway to Phase 1, Phase 2, to tell you how gradually you could open the country safely and prudently, ”Fauci said.
"If everyone had done that uniformly, I don't think we would be in the position we are in now."
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“The masks in America have almost become a political statement, and I know that made the news globally, it was really… very, very difficult.
In fact, people were ridiculed for their mask, depending on which side of a particular political spectrum they were on, ”Fauci said, adding that it has been painful to witness this split centered on a public health issue.
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