Anthony Fauci
Anthony FauciTrump backs Rand Paul for re-election The Hill’s Morning Report – Biden: Let’s make a deal on infrastructure, fees Overnight care: the coronavirus variant in the UK is now the most common strain in the US | More than 500,000 members join ObamaCare in a special period the EU finds “a possible link” between the AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots MORE, the nation’s greatest expert on infectious diseases, said he would allow his fully vaccinated neighbors to enter his home without masks, but that he stayed away from crowded interiors.
“I don’t think I would go – even if I’m vaccinated – to an indoor, crowded place where people don’t wear masks,” Fauci said Business Insider during an interview published this week.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 179 million doses of the vaccine have been administered in the United States since Saturday afternoon.
However, Fauci said Americans should not yet claim victory over the virus, as the number of cases is rising in several states.
Michigan, in particular, has seen an increase in the number of cases, with coronavirus disrupting jobs, churches and other public areas, according to The New York Times.
“It’s a kind of race between the vaccine and the possibility of a new growth,” Fauci said.
Fauci said between 70 and 85 percent of the population must be vaccinated to reach herd immunity, which could happen by June if the US continues to administer an average of 3 million vaccines a day, Business Insider reported.
“If we could stay for a while,” he told Business Insider, “we will reach a point where protecting the general community with the vaccine would make it very unlikely that we will grow again. “
Although Fauci does not walk indoors or travel, he allows neighbors who are vaccinated in his home without masks.
“We feel very comfortable in the house without masks and we can have physical contact and things like that,” Fauci said.
Fauci said his prudent lifestyle might be due to how busy he is.
“To be honest with you, I don’t have much time to do anything else,” he said. “I haven’t taken a day off in a year and three months.”
The CDC has published guidelines for vaccinated people, stating that they can travel domestically without having to quarantine and meet other vaccinated people without masks.