Full Fauci Interview: 'A Virus Will Not Mutate Unless You Allow It To Replicate' - Meet the Press

[Rhiannon12866]

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases talks about the rise in Covid cases, the Delta variant and masking guidance, during an interview with Meet the Press. Aired on 08/08/2021.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. The problem is that most people simply don't have the scientific knowledge in place

to understand. Which is a sad indictment on the state of science education in this country.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. That's an excellent point, a lot of what experts like Fauci and the Surgeon General say

Go over the heads of average Americans. But he wins when he keeps it simple - getting the vaccine will keep people out of the hospital and from dying. He needs to stick with that.

[cstanleytech]

4. No, the problem is we have millions of people in this country and in this world that are dicks

and are acting like ignorant fucks and refusing to take the vaccine and wear masks.

[we can do it]

5. The problem is people are lazy and willfully ignorant.

He explains things very well. There are many simple graphic explanations. Jackasses would prefer to listen to convoluted conspiracy crap, which is not simple to follow, than accept fact.

[SheltieLover]

3. K&R!

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Thanks!

Poor Dr. Fauci seems to be spending all his time appearing on news shows these days, explaining much the same issues over and over. If only people took him seriously and listened from day #1, but we know why that happened. His original "news conferences" about the pandemic were upstaged by narcissist-in-chief who used valuable time, when he should have been alerting and informing the nation, to talk about himself.

[SheltieLover]

9. Yw

Absolutely right about TFG.

How many times do people need to hear facts?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Headline is key point. It's why we must donate vaccines worldwide. . . . nt

[Rhiannon12866]

8. And there's no time to waste!

[OneCrazyDiamond]

11. +1

People are arguing we need boosters before other countries even crack 10% vaccinated. Reminds me of the mask of the red death.

[magicguido]

10. and so it came to pass that trump's original ineptitude resulted in the Extinction of Humanity

[TomCADem]

12. The Next US Variant Should Be Called the MAGA Variant

When you have Republicans blatantly trying to sabotage efforts to control the spread and to vaccinate people, we should give credit where credit is due.

[appalachiablue]

14. ++ and Trump Plague

[Larissa]

13. Thanks for uploading this Fauci interview

I always feel encouraged by Dr Fauci's observations. On CNBC a WHO epidemiologist, Larry Brilliant, was interviewed about the Delta variant. Some of his remarks were interesting, to say the least. Some major takeaways, which when you think about it, shouldn't surprise anyone. But the point regarding the need to vaccinate those 65 and older who have compromised immune systems was mind-blowing:

* The pandemic isn't coming to an end anytime soon -- given that only a small proportion of the world population has been vaccinated against Covid-19. Only 15 percent of the world population has been vaccinated and more than 100 countries have inoculated less than 5 percent of their people. (Basically, we're still at the beginning of the beginning.)

* The Delta variant is "maybe the most contagious virus" ever.

* One group of people need "booster shots" right away: those who are 65 years and above and were fully vaccinated more than six months ago, but have a weakened immune system. It is within this category of people that the virus creates multiple mutations as it goes through the body. (It is as if the virus uses these people as experimental Dr. Frankenstein labs.) Such people with weakened immune systems include cancer, HIV patients, or those who have had organ transplants. In general they do not produce an adequate immune response after receiving two does of the Covid vaccine.


Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant on Delta Variant Vaccinations
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/09/covid-epidemiologist-larry-brilliant-on-delta-variant-vaccinations.html

[Rhiannon12866]

15. Thank you so much for this additional information

It's essential that we make every effort to keep up, the situation in this country has become so dire. Dr. Fauci deserves enormous credit for continuing to get out there and keep us up to speed - in the face of the threats he receives from those who choose to cling to the misinformation and deadly lies perpetrated by the previous administration.