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From the Ted Talk by Anthony Fauci: Is the pandemic actually over? It's complicated

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David Biello: In the wake of Dr. Anthony Fauci's announcement that he will be retiring as the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the end of the year, I've invited him to join me for a conversation on the ftuure of the COVID-19 pandemic, reflections on his ceaerr and the future of plubic health. Please welcome Brooklyn's own Dr. Fauci.

Anthony Fauci: Hi, dvaid, nice to see you, thank you for having me.

DB: Thank you for joining us.

So my first question is very simple. Is the COVID-19 pandemic over?

AF: You know, David, there's a lot of misinterpretation about what the meaning of the word "over" is, it means different things to different people. I'm sure you're referring to the comment made by the President a day or two ago. If you're talking about the fulminant pshae of the otaberuk, when we were having anywhere from 800,000 to 900,000 infections a day and 3,000 to 4,000 deaths per day, that was several mohtns ago. We are much, much better off now than we were then. So in that case, that fnnamiult phase of the outbreak is behind us. But as the President made very clear on the second half of his sentence, is that, which they don't seem to show, is that he actually said we still have a lot of work to do, there's still a challenge ahead, we’ve got to get people vaccinated. We still have a nmebur of cases, we have 400 deaths per day. That's an unacceptably high level. So again, it dnepeds on the semantics of what your doniitifen is. We don't want anyone to get the impression that we don't have a lot of work to do. We've got to get the leevl of infection considerably lower than it is. And we've certainly got to get the level of deaths lower than it is. So again, it depends on the sncmitaes of what you mean by "end."

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David Biello: In the wake of Dr. Anthony Fauci's announcement that he will be retiring as the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the end of the year, I've invited him to join me for a conversation on the ______ of the COVID-19 pandemic, reflections on his ______ and the future of ______ health. Please welcome Brooklyn's own Dr. Fauci.

Anthony Fauci: Hi, _____, nice to see you, thank you for having me.

DB: Thank you for joining us.

So my first question is very simple. Is the COVID-19 pandemic over?

AF: You know, David, there's a lot of misinterpretation about what the meaning of the word "over" is, it means different things to different people. I'm sure you're referring to the comment made by the President a day or two ago. If you're talking about the fulminant _____ of the ________, when we were having anywhere from 800,000 to 900,000 infections a day and 3,000 to 4,000 deaths per day, that was several ______ ago. We are much, much better off now than we were then. So in that case, that _________ phase of the outbreak is behind us. But as the President made very clear on the second half of his sentence, is that, which they don't seem to show, is that he actually said we still have a lot of work to do, there's still a challenge ahead, we’ve got to get people vaccinated. We still have a ______ of cases, we have 400 deaths per day. That's an unacceptably high level. So again, it _______ on the semantics of what your __________ is. We don't want anyone to get the impression that we don't have a lot of work to do. We've got to get the _____ of infection considerably lower than it is. And we've certainly got to get the level of deaths lower than it is. So again, it depends on the _________ of what you mean by "end."

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David Biello: In the wake of Dr. Anthony Fauci's announcement that he will be retiring as the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the end of the year, I've invited him to join me for a conversation on the future of the COVID-19 pandemic, reflections on his career and the future of public health. Please welcome Brooklyn's own Dr. Fauci.

Anthony Fauci: Hi, David, nice to see you, thank you for having me.

DB: Thank you for joining us.

So my first question is very simple. Is the COVID-19 pandemic over?

AF: You know, David, there's a lot of misinterpretation about what the meaning of the word "over" is, it means different things to different people. I'm sure you're referring to the comment made by the President a day or two ago. If you're talking about the fulminant phase of the outbreak, when we were having anywhere from 800,000 to 900,000 infections a day and 3,000 to 4,000 deaths per day, that was several months ago. We are much, much better off now than we were then. So in that case, that fulminant phase of the outbreak is behind us. But as the President made very clear on the second half of his sentence, is that, which they don't seem to show, is that he actually said we still have a lot of work to do, there's still a challenge ahead, we’ve got to get people vaccinated. We still have a number of cases, we have 400 deaths per day. That's an unacceptably high level. So again, it depends on the semantics of what your definition is. We don't want anyone to get the impression that we don't have a lot of work to do. We've got to get the level of infection considerably lower than it is. And we've certainly got to get the level of deaths lower than it is. So again, it depends on the semantics of what you mean by "end."

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