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Early this year, even if worry began to ride on the threat of Covid-19, there was still a dominant hope (at least among the non-experts) that the pandemic could be controlled in a few months. Now it's August, there is no end to theUnited States struggle with coronavirus In view, and the timeline seems only to become longer. DuringLive interview hosted byNational GeographicThursday,Anthony Fauci, MD, Director of the National Institute of the Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), was asked where he thinks we will be with the disease in August of 2021.To be "in a good place" with Covid-19 next year, Fuci said the United States will need two things.

"There are a lot of concerns about this fall and winter, which we would see a high-end again in the new coronavirus", moderatorDeborah Roberts From ABC News told the infectious disease specialist. "Look in your crystal ball if you would for me: a year from now, where do you think we will be? We will have this thing under control or will we always make a social distancyclation and wearing masks ?

In his answer, Fauci has reduced the necessities of success. First, our ability to contain the disease is to "depend on the success of vaccines," he said. He repeated his chorus to be"Prudent optimism" That the United States will have at least one efficient and safe vaccine by the end of the year, although it has added: "I do this long enough to never guarantee success when you treat vaccines." He also explained that vaccines for respiratory diseases have a lower efficiency rate than other diseases, using influenza shot for example. (A flu lowers your risk of getting the flu during the flu season, but that does not eliminate it.) Fauci said it would be satisfied with a COVID vaccine from 50 to 75% efficiency .

"It's not that you could be cautious in the wind and do nothing other than being vaccinated," he said. "[This effective rate] means that the vaccine would be very, very useful and a very important additional tool - additional to public health measures - to get out of this pandemic and return to a normal existence."

To this statement, the second thing that must occur for the United States to have COVID control by next year is that the population accepts the personal responsibility of the realization of the business, of the Notice of Fuci. He mentioned theFive fundamentals It has been pushing for the last few weeks: to wash your hands, wear masks, avoid crowds, do not go to the bars and maintain the social distance.

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"There are many things that citizens are up to citizens to evenly adhere to public health directors at the same time as we are lucky enough to have good therapies and an effective vaccine," he said . "If we do, we will be in a good place in his time next year."

With these two things in place, Fauci explained, we will have the opportunity to get the level of infection so low that we can successfully contain small blips that occur and prevent these blips from becoming overvoltage the way we saw and see some states. "Although it does not seem to believe that Covid will be eliminated by August next, the United States could have contained it at a point that we can mostly resume normal life. And for more than the main expert on infectious diseases from the country,Dr. Fauci has just said the words of coronavirus that you redefined.