Dr. Faisci said when you can "live our lives again"
"It will be a major process in two stages," he predicts.
More than a year in theCOVID-19 [Feminine Pandemic, we all have a question: when can our lives come back to normal?Dr. Anthony FauciThe main infectious infectious expert of the nation, says it will take time and will depend on several variables. As many doses of vaccine are obtained in arms as possible; Another is a global collaboration on this forehead.Read more Fauci - and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss these Without signs that you have already had coronavirus.
Dr. Fauci says that the return to normal will be a "two-step process"
In response to a question ofNPR Terry Gross On "when we are going to be able to live our lives again," said Fauci: "It will be a two-step process. We are in our own country. The other is overall in our own country, if we get the overwhelming majority - I would say between 70 and 85%, people vaccinated, which we could get that to the point where the level of infection is so low, that it is not a threat of the consequences of most people, You could start to approach a certain degree of normality, the things we have been able to do before it happened to us. "
Fauci has already predicted that this period could sometimes be this fall.
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We need to approach the whole planet, "says Dr. Faisci
But, Fauci warned in the maintenance of NPRs, American compliance is not enough. "If you talk about the long game of that being sustainable, you have to deal with all the planet," he said. "Ie, you must be able to get with the help of the developed world, from all over the world, vaccinated - what we did with smallpox, what we did with polio and what we did with the measles.
"Because as long as we neglect the rest of the world - when I say we, I mean, not just the United States, but the developed countries that are rich enough to make a difference - as long as we allow this infection to exist At degree in part of the world, it will always be a threat. "
Recommended Fauci: "We need to approach this as we approached smallpox, the way we approached poliomyelitis and the way we approached measles and other devastating global epidemics."
As of February 5, 35 million Covid-19 vaccine doses were delivered, according to the CDC. The two companies that make Covid-19 vaccines currently distributed, Moderna and Pfizer, say they will offer 220 million doses more at the end of March.
Thursday, Johnson & Johnson announced that it would apply to an emergency authorization of its vaccine, which requires only one dose and can be approved by the end of the month.
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How to survive this pandemic
As for yourself, do everything you can to prevent you from installing and spread-Covid-19 in the first place:Carry a face maskBe tested if you think you have coronavirus, avoid crowds (and bars and evenings of the house), practice social distance, do only run essential races, wash your hands regularly, disinfect frequently affected areas and to cross this healthiest pandemic, do not miss these35 places you are most likely to catch Covid.