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Americans may still need masks to fight COVID in 2022, says disease expert Anthony Fauci
Americans may still need to wear masks in 2022 even as the country relaxes other restrictions to combat COVID-19, the nation’s top infectious disease expert has said.
Key points:
- Dr Fauci says it is too early to determine when the US might reach herd immunity
- He says people may need a booster shot depending on developments with the South African strain
- Studies into a version of a vaccine directed at the less prominent South African strain are underway, he says
While daily infection rates are coming down dramatically, thousands of Americans still die every day from the virus, and less than 15 per cent of the US population has been vaccinated against it.
President Joe Biden is trying to accelerate the campaign to vaccinate most American adults…
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