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Is the pandemic over? President sparks national debate addressed by local doctors

cincylink — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 06:08:11 +0000

Is the pandemic over or not?President Joe Biden sparked the debate when he declared it is, then Dr. Anthony Fauci quickly disputed the claim.“I think the truth is somewhere in between,” said TriHealth infectious disease expert Dr. Stephen Blatt. “I do think it’s time we learn to live with this virus.”Blatt said dealing with the pandemic and with the virus are two different things. “I think it’s going to be really hard to define when the pandemic ends because we’re going to be dealing with this virus forever,” Blatt said.“I think we’re moving in the right direction. I don’t think we’re there yet,” said the Health Collaborative’s Tiffany Mattingly.Right now, in this region, there are 177 people in local hospitals with COVID-19, 20 are in the ICU and six are on ventilators. That compares with the peak when there were 1,033 people in local hospitals with COVID-19, 196 in the ICU and 141 on ventilators.“Part of the question is, what does it mean that the pandemic is over? It doesn’t mean COVID has gone away," Mattingly said.

Is the pandemic over or not?

President Joe Biden sparked the debate when he declared it is, then Dr. Anthony Fauci quickly disputed the claim.

“I think the truth is somewhere in between,” said TriHealth infectious disease expert Dr. Stephen Blatt. “I do think it’s time we learn to live with this virus.”

Blatt said dealing with the pandemic and with the virus are two different things.

“I think it’s going to be really hard to define when the pandemic ends because we’re going to be dealing with this virus forever,” Blatt said.

“I think we’re moving in the right direction. I don’t think we’re there yet,” said the Health Collaborative’s Tiffany Mattingly.

Right now, in this region, there are 177 people in local hospitals with COVID-19, 20 are in the ICU and six are on ventilators.

That compares with the peak when there were 1,033 people in local hospitals with COVID-19, 196 in the ICU and 141 on ventilators.

“Part of the question is, what does it mean that the pandemic is over? It doesn’t mean COVID has gone away," Mattingly said.

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Dr. Fauci’s ‘rookie’ baseball card sets sales record for Topps

cincylink — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 04:49:19 +0000

Dr. Anthony Fauci's rookie baseball card broke sales records in 24 hours for Topps.

The company announced the news Monday, saying 51,512 cards were sold.

The card showed a picture of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, throwing out the first pitch for the Washington Nationals.

The previous record was set in 2016 for a card of Blue Jays' third baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., which sold 19,396 prints, per The Action Network's Darren Rovell.

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Long-term effects of COVID-19 ‘really troublesome’

cincylink — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 05:18:27 +0000

Dr. Anthony Fauci has a warning for young adults who think they will bounce back from COVID-19.

Speaking at an event with the American Society for Microbiology, Dr. Fauci pointed out that many young adults and kids who believe they had a “mild” case of the coronavirus take a significant amount of time to recover from all symptoms.

“We’d better be careful when we say ‘Young people who don’t wind up in the hospital are fine, let them get infected, it’s OK.’ No, it’s not OK,” Dr. Fauci said during the briefing.

He went on to say that those who don’t require hospitalization and are otherwise healthy can end up in bed for two or three weeks with COVID-19, and have residual symptoms for weeks or sometimes months longer.

The country’s top infectious disease doctor said check-ups down the road with patients who supposedly recovered have shown many “have a substantially high proportion of cardiovascular abnormalities, evidence of myocarditis by MRI and PET scans, evidence of emerging cardiomyopathies.”

He called these findings “really troublesome” because they are constantly evolving as the world learns more about COVID-19 and the long-term impacts on the human body.

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CDC pulls updated COVID-19 holiday guidance days after posting

cincylink — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 04:08:29 +0000

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has removed updated COVID-19-related guidance for the holiday season from its website just days after posting it.Over the weekend, the CDC's website showed it updated its holiday guidance on Friday, but the web pages detailing the guidance were removed as of Monday. "The page had a technical update on Friday, but doesn’t reflect the CDC’s guidance ahead of this upcoming holiday season. The CDC will share additional guidance soon," reads a statement sent to ABC News from the CDC Media Branch.The vague guidance recommended virtual and outdoor guidance for holidays."My guess is that they put a little bit too much of the cart before the horse," said Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett, of Boston Medical Center. "I know it's a frustration for people, so I think continuing to be in dialogue with trusted health professionals is a terrific way to go, as well."The CDC's latest move adds to the confusion surrounding the holiday safety after Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Sunday that it was too soon to tell whether people should avoid gathering for Christmas.On Monday, the nation's top infectious disease expert made an effort to clear the air on his previous statement."I will be spending Christmas with my family," Fauci said. "I encourage people, particularly the vaccinated people who are protected, to have a good, normal Christmas with your family."Top health officials are emphasizing the importance of COVID-19 vaccinations in ensuring safe holiday gatherings, especially as doctors anticipate vaccine approvals for younger children."The good news is I think we're in a very different place than we were one year ago," Gergen Barnett said.The CDC has given no timeline for updated holiday guidance.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has removed updated COVID-19-related guidance for the holiday season from its website just days after posting it.

Over the weekend, the CDC's website showed it updated its holiday guidance on Friday, but the web pages detailing the guidance were removed as of Monday.

"The page had a technical update on Friday, but doesn’t reflect the CDC’s guidance ahead of this upcoming holiday season. The CDC will share additional guidance soon," reads a statement sent to ABC News from the CDC Media Branch.

The vague guidance recommended virtual and outdoor guidance for holidays.

"My guess is that they put a little bit too much of the cart before the horse," said Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett, of Boston Medical Center. "I know it's a frustration for people, so I think continuing to be in dialogue with trusted health professionals is a terrific way to go, as well."

The CDC's latest move adds to the confusion surrounding the holiday safety after Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Sunday that it was too soon to tell whether people should avoid gathering for Christmas.

On Monday, the nation's top infectious disease expert made an effort to clear the air on his previous statement.

"I will be spending Christmas with my family," Fauci said. "I encourage people, particularly the vaccinated people who are protected, to have a good, normal Christmas with your family."

Top health officials are emphasizing the importance of COVID-19 vaccinations in ensuring safe holiday gatherings, especially as doctors anticipate vaccine approvals for younger children.

"The good news is I think we're in a very different place than we were one year ago," Gergen Barnett said.

The CDC has given no timeline for updated holiday guidance.

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Fauci debunks Minaj’s controversial claim about COVID-19 vaccine

cincylink — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 04:27:52 +0000

Dr. Anthony Fauci debunked a controversial comment made by rapper Nicki Minaj on social media about the COVID-19 vaccine.

On Monday, the rapper made claims on Twitter that her cousin's friend got vaccinated against the coronavirus and has now become impotent.

"My cousin in Trinidad won’t get the vaccine cuz his friend got it & became impotent," Minaj tweeted. "His testicles became swollen. His friend was weeks away from getting married. Now the girl called off the wedding. So just pray on it & make sure you’re comfortable with ur decision, not bullied."

In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on Tuesday, Dr. Fauci said that claim is false.

“There’s no evidence that it happens, nor is there any mechanistic reason to imagine that it would happen," Fauci said. "So the answer to your question is no.”

According to its website, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there's "currently no evidence that any vaccines, including COVID-19 vaccines, cause fertility problems in women or men."

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Doctors weigh in on concept of delaying second dose of COVID shot

cincylink — Sun, 15 Aug 2021 05:38:26 +0000

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — In terms of the COVID-19 vaccine, doctors are weighing in on the concept of delaying the second dose of the shot.

Dr. Bill Petri, an infectious diseases professor at the University of Virginia, has been studying the effects of COVID-19.

“We all need to be vaccinated so there's herd immunity that we can stop the pandemic,” Petri told WTKR.

He’s also keeping a close eye on the two-dose messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna.

“They're almost miraculous in their ability to protect us against COVID-19,” Petri said. “What we think the second dose is doing is to further develop the antibody response and help make it long-term.”

The CDC says the Pfizer doses should be administered three weeks apart, while Moderna's should be one month apart.

However, if the recommended interval isn't possible, the agency said the second dose may be administered up to six weeks, or 42 days, after the first dose.

“Under special circumstances, it's better to delay that couple of weeks than not do it at all,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said.

Fauci said U.S. data from Moderna and Pfizer doesn't support the move of a second dose delay.

“We will go by the science, which is dictated for us, the optimal way to get the 94-95% response, which is in fact, durable for the period of time that we've been following it,” Fauci said.

Petri believes the second dose is crucial and that the shots work best within that three- or four-week time frame.

“The second dose is like the icing on the cake. That's what's going to give you the 95% and lock that in,” he said. “Moderna did their study with four weeks apart. Pfizer did it three weeks apart. We're kind of scared to vary from that because we know what works. It's kind of like, ‘Don't fix it if it's not broke.”

While there is wiggle room, Petri told WTKR that it's important to stay on schedule as best as possible for vaccination for the best protection, especially with new variants of the virus in the U.S.

“If we miss that second dose, your antibody levels are going to be a little bit lower,” Petri said. “The more that you can adhere to the schedule, the better the chances that your antibody levels are going to be high enough to protect you, even against these new variants of the coronavirus.”

This story was first reported by Zak Dahlheimer at WTKR in Norfolk, Virginia.

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‘Possible’ Americans will be wearing masks in 2022 to protect against COVID-19

cincylink — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 05:08:38 +0000

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that it's "possible" Americans will still need to wear masks in 2022 to protect against the coronavirus, even as the US may reach "a significant degree of normality" by the end of this year.Asked by CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union" whether he thinks Americans will still need to wear masks next year, Fauci replied: "You know, I think it is possible that that's the case and, again, it really depends on what you mean by normality."The comments from Fauci come as the US Covid-19 death toll approaches 500,000 and the country nears a full year in its fight against the virus. And though the US is now steadily rolling out vaccines to fight the pandemic, the nation's top infectious disease expert underscored the importance of mitigation measures to fight the aggressive virus and its emerging variants as many Americans express pandemic fatigue.Fauci told Bash that while he can't predict when the US might return to operating as it did before the pandemic told hold, he thinks that by the end of this year "we're going to have a significant degree of normality beyond the terrible burden that all of us have been through over the last year.""As we get into the fall and the winter, by the end of the year, I agree with (President Joe Biden) completely that we will be approaching a degree of normality," said Fauci, who serves as Biden's chief medical adviser.Mask-wearing is critical to slowing the spread of the virus, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which says they can help protect both the people wearing them and those around them from transmitting the virus.The Biden administration has been pushing mask-wearing more aggressively than the Trump administration did, with the President signing an executive order last month mandating interstate travelers wear a mask and requiring masks on federal property. Biden also challenged Americans to wear masks for the first 100 days of his presidency to reduce the spread of the virus.Fauci also weighed in Sunday on suggestions by researchers in Israel in Canada that just one dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was needed to protect against the virus, saying "the science points directly towards continuing with what we know about from the clinical trial," which is that two doses provide the most protection against the virus and the emerging variants."We know for sure that when you give a prime with the Pfizer followed by a boost 21 days later that you get a 94% to 95% efficacy and the difference between the level of antibodies after one dose versus two doses is about tenfold higher," he said."And that is really important because when you have that high a degree comparable to the single dose alone, that's the cushion that you would like to have when you get a variant that isn't as well-protected against by the antibodies induced by the vaccine, but you have enough level to be able to prevent at least severe disease."

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Asked by CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union" whether he thinks Americans will still need to wear masks next year, Fauci replied: "You know, I think it is possible that that's the case and, again, it really depends on what you mean by normality."

The comments from Fauci come as the US Covid-19 death toll approaches 500,000 and the country nears a full year in its fight against the virus. And though the US is now steadily rolling out vaccines to fight the pandemic, the nation's top infectious disease expert underscored the importance of mitigation measures to fight the aggressive virus and its emerging variants as many Americans express pandemic fatigue.

Fauci told Bash that while he can't predict when the US might return to operating as it did before the pandemic told hold, he thinks that by the end of this year "we're going to have a significant degree of normality beyond the terrible burden that all of us have been through over the last year."

"As we get into the fall and the winter, by the end of the year, I agree with (President Joe Biden) completely that we will be approaching a degree of normality," said Fauci, who serves as Biden's chief medical adviser.

Mask-wearing is critical to slowing the spread of the virus, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which says they can help protect both the people wearing them and those around them from transmitting the virus.

The Biden administration has been pushing mask-wearing more aggressively than the Trump administration did, with the President signing an executive order last month mandating interstate travelers wear a mask and requiring masks on federal property. Biden also challenged Americans to wear masks for the first 100 days of his presidency to reduce the spread of the virus.

Fauci also weighed in Sunday on suggestions by researchers in Israel in Canada that just one dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was needed to protect against the virus, saying "the science points directly towards continuing with what we know about from the clinical trial," which is that two doses provide the most protection against the virus and the emerging variants.

"We know for sure that when you give a prime with the Pfizer followed by a boost 21 days later that you get a 94% to 95% efficacy and the difference between the level of antibodies after one dose versus two doses is about tenfold higher," he said.

"And that is really important because when you have that high a degree comparable to the single dose alone, that's the cushion that you would like to have when you get a variant that isn't as well-protected against by the antibodies induced by the vaccine, but you have enough level to be able to prevent at least severe disease."

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Fauci discusses how China's disinformation increased coronavirus spread

cincylink — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 00:58:56 +0000

White House coronavirus task force member Dr. Anthony Fauci joins 'Watters' World.' #FoxNews

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Peter Navarro downplays reports of heated exchange with Dr. Fauci

cincylink — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:30:45 +0000

National Defense Production Act policy coordinator Peter Navarro joins 'Fox & Friends' from the White House.

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Dr. Fauci warns coronavirus may come back in the fall

cincylink — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 15:06:49 +0000

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Dr. Fauci has a hopeful message for the American people

cincylink — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 03:30:09 +0000

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Coronavirus Task Force member, joins Laura Ingraham answering questions on coronavirus. #FoxNews #IngrahamAngle

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Fauci: US Lockdown can't be be ruled out

cincylink — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 19:37:43 +0000

Top coronavirus expert said Americans should be prepared "to hunker down significantly more."

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