dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that while we are seeing coronavirus breakthrough cases among people who have been vaccinated and who have received their booster dose, “the chances of a vaccinated and boosted person being seriously ill from the infection are very high.” , very low.”
“If you’re dealing with a virus, a variant like Omicron, which has a really spectacular ability to spread from person to person, we’re going to see breakthrough infections of vaccinated people, as well as people who are vaccinated and boosted, that’s going to happen.” , he said on CBS Mornings today.
He continued: “The problem is that people need to understand that even with that, the chances of a vaccinated and boosted person getting seriously ill from the infection is very, very low. It’s the unvaccinated people who are most vulnerable, not just for getting infected, but to get a serious outcome.”
When asked whether it is possible that we will start living with Covid-19 in the long term, such as the flu or the common cold, Fauci said: “That’s actually quite conceivable and likely.”
“We certainly won’t be in a situation of this level of intensity indefinitely,” he added. “And what we hope is that if we get through this Omicron wave that we’ll have enough people who are vaccinated and or they’re infected and have recovered well, that there’s going to be a measure of immunity in the community so you don’t have a situation where it dominates your life, with a level of infection and control is very low. We hope we get there soon.”
