{"id":93476,"date":"2021-03-11T11:06:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T16:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/?p=93476"},"modified":"2021-03-11T11:07:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T16:07:24","slug":"fauci-us-could-reach-pre-pandemic-normals-by-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/2021\/03\/11\/fauci-us-could-reach-pre-pandemic-normals-by-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Fauci: US Could Reach Pre-Pandemic &#8216;Normals&#8217; by September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-93477 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Fauci-Nornal-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Fauci-Nornal-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Fauci-Nornal-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Fauci-Nornal.jpg 600w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Fauci-Nornal-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Fauci-Nornal-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Fauci-Nornal-48x32.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>VOA \u2014 Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday that current vaccination levels indicate the United States could reach pre-pandemic levels of \u201cnormal life\u201d by late August or early September.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci made the comment during a virtual news briefing on herd immunity by the White House COVID-19 Response Team.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci said their best estimates regarding when herd immunity would be reached and enough people are considered immune from the virus range between 70% to 85% of the U.S. population.<\/p>\n<p>He said at current vaccination rates, that level should be reached at the end of the North American summer. But he also said that if the nation is vaccinating 2 million to 3 million people a day, society is increasingly more protected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t have to wait until you get full herd immunity to get a really profound effect on what you can do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci said as the pace of vaccination ramps up, and the most vulnerable to the virus are protected, some government restrictions could be lifted.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), cautioned that at this point, only about 10% of the population is fully vaccinated. But the CDC anticipated loosening federal guidelines as more people receive shots.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci also said that a refusal from a significant number of people to get vaccinated will delay when the nation reaches the endpoint of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Also at the briefing, White House coronavirus adviser Andy Slavitt announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services procured an additional 100 million doses of the Johnson &amp; Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VOA \u2014 Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday that current vaccination levels indicate the United States could reach pre-pandemic levels of \u201cnormal life\u201d by late August or early September. Fauci made the comment during a virtual news briefing on herd immunity by the White House COVID-19 Response Team. 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