In an interview with Katie Couric, Fauci talked about his recent episode with the virus and his frustration with those who have not masked up and taken many boosters to fight it.
“Unfortunately, given the fatigue that we’re at in this country from 2 1/2 years of this, everyone is tired of it. So, it’s very difficult, superimposed upon an anti-vax type feeling among some, superimposed upon the political divisiveness we have in this country ... and social media misinformation and disinformation. It’s very difficult to get people to adhere to common sense public health measures,” Fauci announced.
Fauci called his bout with COVID-19 "minor," stating he had a scratchy throat as his early symptom before testing positive and then felt fatigued. He went on Paxlovid and announced that the symptoms disappeared within 18 hours before rebounding.
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Couric challenged him on why so many people taking the drug wind up getting the virus again.
"We don't know exactly why, but it may be that when you take Paxlovid early on, which is the time you're supposed to take it, that you don't give the body enough of a chance to respond to the virus immunologically, so when you withdraw the drug, the virus comes back."
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Fauci announced despite that, Paxlovid is doing what it's meant to do by keeping people out of the hospital.
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Meanwhile, The Biden administration has agreed to buy millions of updated COVID-19 shots that target the highly transmissible omicron variant and expects the rollout to start in the fall in hopes of being prepared for a winter surge.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced on Friday that the administration has agreed to purchase 66 million doses of Moderna’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine — on top of the 105 million Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent shots bought in June. The plan is to have shots ready to go in the event that federal regulators give the green light.
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“We look forward to receiving these new variant-specific vaccines and working with state and local healthcare partners to make the vaccines available for free in communities around the country this fall,” HHS Assistant Secretary Dawn O’Connell announced.
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The vaccine formulas, which have stayed unchanged since they were first rolled out in December 2020, will better target the omicron offshoots BA.5 and BA.4. BA.5 quickly became the dominant strain circulating in the United States this summer. It accounts for over 81% of cases, up from 67% just three weeks ago. It has further proven able to reinfect people who have previously gained immunity through infection or vaccination.
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