U.S. will not lock down despite surge driven by Delta variant, Fauci says
Posted on AllSides August 1st, 2021
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The United States will not lock down again to curb COVID-19 but "things are going to get worse" as the Delta variant fuels a surge in cases, mostly among the unvaccinated, top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday.
A sufficient percentage of Americans have now been vaccinated to avoid lockdowns, Fauci said on ABC's "This Week".
"Not enough to crush the outbreak, but I believe enough to not allow us to get into the situation we were in last winter," he said.
The average number of...