“That’s a reasonable question,” said Fauci. Now, amid what Fauci says is a combination of fast-evolving variants and stagnating vaccination rates - Americans are left asking when this vaccination cycle ends. Pedestrians walk past a signs hanging outside Pfizer headquarters in New York and one hanging at a bus stop encouraging the Covid-19 booster, Monday, May 23, 2022.Īmericans are flummoxed by what that means for them, especially as federal officials last week said all adults should get a second booster now - despite pharmaceutical companies estimating that updated shots targeting the latest strains could be available this fall.Īt one point, health officials, including Fauci, expressed cautious optimism that the original regimen and one booster could be enough. “What we have right now, I think we’re almost at a steady state,” Fauci said. But it continues to kill more than 300 Americans a day, and the fear of a deadlier variant is ever-present. The disease’s toll has slowed, the result of vaccination, acquired immunity and less-deadly strains. If called to testify, Fauci will stress the importance of vaccines and boosters, but acknowledge there may never be a definitive moment when the country can claim victory over an evolving virus that has killed more than one million Americans and left thousands with long Covid symptoms. “I don’t make that a consideration in my career decision.” I mean, probably less so if I’m not in the job,” he admitted, sitting in his office on the sprawling National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Md. “They’re going to try and come after me, anyway. Fauci says he’s prepared for the onslaught of attacks that could come in a Republican-controlled House or Senate next year - with many running in the midterms on campaigns deriding the lockdowns, school closures and masking requirements that Fauci said were necessary pandemic precautions - but insists that is not part of his calculus for retirement.
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