Dr. Anthony Fauci has mourned the U.S. coronavirus death toll of one million people, calling it “incredibly tragic” before adding “many of those deaths were avoidable” even as he planned a fourth vaccination shot “that likely people will need.”
“I mean, the idea of one million deaths in an outbreak, that is historic in nature. We have had nothing like this in well over 104 years. One of the parts about it that adds to the tragedy is that many of those deaths were avoidable, avoidable if people had been vaccinated,” Fauci told Amna Nawaz of PBS in an interview Thursday.
He then addressed the matter of vaccinations and claimed that if more people had been vaccinated across the U.S. the death toll would have been lowered by at least 25 percent.
“It’s estimated that, if people had been vaccinated to a much greater extent right now, that vaccines would have avoided at least a quarter of those deaths, namely about 250,000.”
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Fauci did not mention those who suffered adverse effects from vaccinations or those who died due to complications from the same.
He did however urge Americans not to let their guard down, reiterating a previous warning that a surge in coronavirus cases could return sometime between the fall and winter.
The way to counter that is more vaccinations for Americans, more boosters and more funding from Washington, Fauci offered.
“There is a threat and a likelihood that we’ll see a surge as we get into the fall and the winter. So we’ve got to be prepared. And we’ve got to be prepared with vaccinations, with boosters, with optimizing the therapy,” he said, promising a fourth shot has not been ruled out.
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“We have studies right now that are lined up to try and figure out what the most appropriate booster will be for the fourth shot that likely people will need as we get into the fall. If we don’t get the resources that we asked for, we’re not going to be able to do that,” he added.
The coronavirus has now killed more than 995,000 people in the U.S. and at least 6.2 million people globally, according to figures kept by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization.
Fauci reiterated the need for Congress to pass new coronavirus funding to ensure the next vaccination program can be fulfilled.
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