Fauci: Vaccinated people become ‘dead ends’ for the coronavirus - Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Biden, said during a discussion on Sunday about the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) decision to drop mask recommendations for fully vaccinated individuals that vaccinated people become “dead ends” for COVID-19.
Appearing on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Fauci explained to host John Dickerson that fully vaccinated people can go without masks even if they have an asymptomatic case of COVID-19 because the level of virus is much lower in their nasopharynx, the top part of their throat that lies behind the nose, than it is in someone who is unvaccinated.
“So even though there are breakthrough infections with vaccinated people, almost always the people are asymptomatic and the level of virus is so low it makes it extremely unlikely — not impossible but very, very low likelihood — that they’re going to transmit it,” Fauci said.
Fauci added that vaccinated people essentially become “dead ends” for the virus to spread within their communities.
“When you get vaccinated, you not only protect your own health and that of the family but also you contribute to the community health by preventing the spread of the virus throughout the community,” Fauci said. “In other words, you become a dead end to the virus. And when there are a lot of dead ends around, the virus is not going to go anywhere. And that’s when you get a point that you have a markedly diminished rate of infection in the community.”
Fauci said he hopes that the CDC’s relaxation of mask guidelines encourages those who have yet to be vaccinated to go and get a shot.
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Appearing on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Fauci explained to host John Dickerson that fully vaccinated people can go without masks even if they have an asymptomatic case of COVID-19 because the level of virus is much lower in their nasopharynx, the top part of their throat that lies behind the nose, than it is in someone who is unvaccinated.
“So even though there are breakthrough infections with vaccinated people, almost always the people are asymptomatic and the level of virus is so low it makes it extremely unlikely — not impossible but very, very low likelihood — that they’re going to transmit it,” Fauci said.
Fauci added that vaccinated people essentially become “dead ends” for the virus to spread within their communities.
“When you get vaccinated, you not only protect your own health and that of the family but also you contribute to the community health by preventing the spread of the virus throughout the community,” Fauci said. “In other words, you become a dead end to the virus. And when there are a lot of dead ends around, the virus is not going to go anywhere. And that’s when you get a point that you have a markedly diminished rate of infection in the community.”
Fauci said he hopes that the CDC’s relaxation of mask guidelines encourages those who have yet to be vaccinated to go and get a shot.
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00:00 Now we know that the vaccines work well enough
00:02 that the virus stops with every vaccinated person.
00:05 A vaccinated person gets exposed to the virus,
00:08 the virus does not infect them,
00:10 the virus cannot then use that person to go anywhere else.
00:13 It cannot use a vaccinated person as a host
00:15 to go get more people.
00:17 That means the vaccines will get us to the end of this.
00:22 - During 2021, we should be able to manufacture
00:25 a lot of vaccines and that vaccine,
00:28 a key goal is to stop the transmission,
00:30 to get the immunity levels up
00:32 so that you get almost no infection going on whatsoever.
00:36 - We can kind of almost see the end.
00:39 We're vaccinating so very fast.
00:41 Our data from the CDC today suggests,
00:45 you know, that vaccinated people do not carry the virus,
00:48 don't get sick.
00:49 - Everyone who takes the vaccine
00:51 is not just protecting themselves,
00:52 but reducing their transmission to other people
00:56 and allowing society to get back to normal.
00:58 - Fully vaccinated people
00:59 are at a very, very low risk of getting COVID-19.
01:05 Therefore, if you've been fully vaccinated,
01:09 you no longer need to wear a mask.
01:12 - When people are vaccinated,
01:13 they can feel safe that they are not gonna get infected.
01:16 - Essentially, vaccines block you from getting
01:19 and giving the virus.
01:22 - We have all the vaccines we need.
01:25 We just need our people to take it,
01:27 A, for their own protection,
01:29 for the protection of their family,
01:32 but also to break the chain of transmission.
01:35 You wanna be a dead end to the virus.
01:38 So when the virus gets to you, you stop it.
01:41 You don't allow it to use you
01:44 as the stepping stone to the next person.
01:47 - If you're vaccinated, you're not gonna be hospitalized,
01:50 you're not gonna be in an ICU unit,
01:52 and you're not gonna die.
01:54 You're okay, you're not gonna get COVID
01:57 if you have these vaccinations.
01:59 - I think given the country as a whole,
02:02 the fact that we have now about 50% of adults
02:05 fully vaccinated and about 62% of adults
02:08 having received at least one dose,
02:11 as a nation, I feel fairly certain
02:14 you're not gonna see the kind of surges
02:17 we've seen in the past.
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