Dr. Anthony Fauci said COVID-19 infections and deaths are at a lower level in the U.S., but people should still get 'intermittently' vaccinated.
PBS anchor Judy Woodruff asked Fauci"We are certainly right now in this country out of the pandemic phase," Fauci said. "Mainly, we don’t have 900,000 new infections a day, and tens of thousands of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths. We are at a low level right now. So, if you're saying, are we out of the pandemic phase in this country, we are."
New reported U.S. cases of COVID-19 are relatively low compared with the past two years, but they have increased lately and are likely an undercount. Hospitalizations are nearly flat and deaths are still declining, according to the Associated Press. that signs of past infection rose dramatically between December and February when the more contagious omicron variant surged through the U.S.A new omicron mutant that is a descendant of the earlier "stealth omicron" has gained ground in the United States.
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