Fauci: Because of variants, you'll basically have to wear a mask forever.

Watched the first few minutes wrote:

But to Fauci, the very existence of the variant strains means that newfound immunity is worthless.

As if it were him who discovered that! "The science" knew this right from the start. Same is true with flu shots.

Weren't people following the science? Why did they believe the "vaccine" would be the end of the Scary Cold? It's part of the scare.

So Fauci wearing two masks after getting the vaccine is science now. Got it. It's shocking that people in the private medical and science community have no where near the respect for Fauci that the MSM and Democratic politicians seem to have.

Hate masks with firey passion wrote:

breit leit wrote:

I am just stunned that the OP would misrepresent what was said. Absolutely shocked.

“If I vaccinate you or me against the wild-type you get a certain level of antibody that’s specific for a particular viral strain,” Fauci said. “If there’s a circulating variant, you don’t necessarily have it. You have some spillover immunity to be sure, but you diminish, by anywhere from two- to eight-fold, the protection. So the point I’m saying is that there are variants now circulating.”

There will always be new variants. SARS-Cov-2 and it's endless permutations will be will us forever. If the standard for ending mask mandates is "no variants circulating," we'll be wearing masks forever.

He didn’t say that the standard for ending mask mandates is “no virus circulating” and he didn’t say that “you’ll basically have to wear masks forever”.

You are criticizing someone for “blatantly lying” while you yourself blatantly lied. Height of hypocrisy. However, it is not surprising.

Primo Numero Uno wrote:

dafuqutalkinbout wrote:

It's even worse because Rand Paul wasn't complaining about being forced to wear a mask, he was complaining about Fauci wearing (two) masks.

Apparently we've moved past "everybody should have the freedom to chose how to protect themselves" to shaming the folks that still want to wear a mask.

So Fauci wearing two masks after getting the vaccine is science now.

Where did I say that?

Hate masks with firey passion wrote:

Swedish bikini team manager wrote:

Well, look in the mirror, buddy.

It would have been a lot easier to put a few ounces of toothpaste back in the tube last spring.

Now, since you didn't want to follow any basic epidemiology, we need to put a million gallons worth of toothpaste back in tubes.

Wrong. Nothing goes back in the tube. That was never an option. The tube had exploded by the time we even realized it existed.

We need to accept that this new toothpaste will exist alongside all the other old toothpastes and once in a while you'll step in toothpaste and there's a 99.76% chance it's not a big deal.

Austrailia, NZ, SK, Vietnam, and China have shown that you can in fact put the toothpaste back in the tube.

But you have to make an actual effort. Whining and complaining don't count for much.

The poser had 2 masks on. What a clown.

Watched the first few minutes wrote:

The plan from his end is to do the EXACT SAME THING again. More shutdowns, more 3 part vaccines, more online everything, more full-value bailouts for Delta F***ing Airlines and every other massive company that uses all of its profits for stock buybacks and CEO bonuses.

What’s it like to be so scared?

No one has mention shutdowns or lockdowns in months.

Hate masks with firey passion wrote:

Fauci needs to go to hell.

Having to entertain idiotic comments from the clown Rand Paul already sounds like hell to me.

Hate masks with firey passion wrote:

breit leit wrote:

I am just stunned that the OP would misrepresent what was said. Absolutely shocked.

“If I vaccinate you or me against the wild-type you get a certain level of antibody that’s specific for a particular viral strain,” Fauci said. “If there’s a circulating variant, you don’t necessarily have it. You have some spillover immunity to be sure, but you diminish, by anywhere from two- to eight-fold, the protection. So the point I’m saying is that there are variants now circulating.”

There will always be new variants. SARS-Cov-2 and it's endless permutations will be will us forever. If the standard for ending mask mandates is "no variants circulating," we'll be wearing masks forever.

exactly this. but the dum dums here don't understand this. just as they didn't understand "wait 2 weeks" and "flatten the curve" was bS

the only thing that will save us in the end is all of the Florida, Texas, and Mississippis of the world telling Fauci to piss off showing the rest of the world how insane all of this is.

macdaddy og wrote:

Watched the first few minutes wrote:

The plan from his end is to do the EXACT SAME THING again. More shutdowns, more 3 part vaccines, more online everything, more full-value bailouts for Delta F***ing Airlines and every other massive company that uses all of its profits for stock buybacks and CEO bonuses.

What’s it like to be so scared?

No one has mention shutdowns or lockdowns in months.

Not in the US, maybe.

You should leave your redneck neighborhood once in a while. You may see there is a whole world with different countries and people and cultures.

And it's you, the covidiots, who promoted the lockdowns and mask-wearing and all the crap. Because you are the scared little chicken shi.ts.

A "firey passion" is what Trump has.

A "fiery passion" is what John McEnroe has.

There is a difference between what public health officials recommend v. what is actually mandated through law or government mandate.

Drinking alcohol is not recommended by public health officials, but not illegal.

Smoking is not recommended by public health officials, but not illegal.

Eating an unhealthy diet, is not recommended by public health officials, but not illegal.

Hate masks with firey passion wrote:

[quote]Sham 69 wrote:

This pandemic is almost over.

Not according to Fauci.

Nor the WHO that has said there is no way the "epidemic" will end this year.

I like wearing a mask, what I hate is shaving. Hell, just toss on a mask, cool!!!!

Boston 18 wrote:

There is a difference between what public health officials recommend v. what is actually mandated through law or government mandate.

Drinking alcohol is not recommended by public health officials, but not illegal.

Smoking is not recommended by public health officials, but not illegal.

Eating an unhealthy diet, is not recommended by public health officials, but not illegal.

They understand that, they just want to be intellectually dishonest about Fauci's comments.

high school xc coach wrote:

Hate masks with firey passion wrote:

“If I vaccinate you or me against the wild-type you get a certain level of antibody that’s specific for a particular viral strain,” Fauci said. “If there’s a circulating variant, you don’t necessarily have it. You have some spillover immunity to be sure, but you diminish, by anywhere from two- to eight-fold, the protection. So the point I’m saying is that there are variants now circulating.”

There will always be new variants. SARS-Cov-2 and it's endless permutations will be will us forever. If the standard for ending mask mandates is "no variants circulating," we'll be wearing masks forever.

exactly this. but the dum dums here don't understand this. just as they didn't understand "wait 2 weeks" and "flatten the curve" was bS

Fauci is trying to cite evidence about reinfection that is purely nonsense. There was a study in Scandinavia done using a large sample of people tested multiple times throughout the pandemic that found a certain number of people who tested positive both times during PCR. Besides the fact that the PCR is a flawed tool of testing for a large-scale sample like this is now being used as a basis that there is a higher than expected percentage of people who can get the virus multiple times. There was obviously not any information provided on how many of them had any symptoms or if they retested those individuals for false positives. This despite the obvious that last I checked we are still in the double digits on people who have actually been hospitalized with it twice and that as the majority of the population has been infected, new infections and hospitalizations have dropped off a cliff.

Fauci will use any basis he can grasp to further his agenda. He will try to keep this hysteria going as long as possible. This is not going to end because of any scientific reasons. When half the states are returning to normal or have been normal and half are acting like the black death is still upon us a year later this should be obvious. The states that are still enforcing restrictions will only relent when the public has had enough.

I know how escrow works wrote:

Sorry, but I wasted a few minutes of my life reading through the article. Can you find the part where Fauci says we have to wear masks forever?

From what I can gather, he's saying that there are still variants out there. Plus, not everyone is vaccinated yet. Plus, you still may spread it even while vaccinated. Once a high enough percentage of the population is vaccinated, and once we get a handle on how bad/not bad these variants are, we can do away with masks everywhere.

It's really not that big of a deal to wear a mask while in public and around other people. It's such a small inconvenience to you and adds some degree of protection for those around you. I don't know what your problem is. Oh, what, yes I do. You're an a$$hole.

BINGO !!

Reinfection is not really a worry right now. If we can eliminate the reservoirs with vaccination then who cares about a very small reinfection prevalence? CDC: Vaccinated people can gather indoors without masks and with low-risk non-vaccinated people. Fauci (per PNU): Must keep the hype going at any cost?!? Sounds like you are the one trying to keep the hype going? Unless you are making a nuanced point about the differences between the public health guidances from the NIH vs CDC...