{"id":25140,"date":"2020-08-17T16:30:22","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T20:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=25140"},"modified":"2020-08-17T16:32:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T20:32:28","slug":"falsehood-fauci-outright-lies-about-the-efficacy-of-herd-immunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=25140","title":{"rendered":"Falsifier Fauci Outright Lies About the Efficacy of Herd Immunity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Fauci says aiming for herd immunity would lead to \u2018enormous\u2019 death toll<\/h1>\n

By Yaron Steinbuch
\nNew York Post<\/p>\n

Dr. Anthony Fauci warned about a staggering death toll from the coronavirus, particularly among vulnerable people, if the US allows the infections to sweep across the country in a bid to achieve possible herd immunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf everyone contracted it, even with the relatively high percentage of people without symptoms \u2026 a lot of people are going to die,\u201d the nation\u2019s top infectious diseases expert said during a live Instagram session Thursday with actor Matthew McConaughey,\u00a0CNN reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou look at the United States of America with our epidemic of obesity, as it were. With the number of people with hypertension. With the number of people with diabetes. If everyone got infected, the death toll would be enormous and totally unacceptable,\u201d said Fauci, 79, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Anthony FauciKevin Dietsch\/Pool via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Herd immunity is reached when a large part of the population \u2014 about 70 percent to 90 percent \u2014 becomes immune to a virus either through infection and recovery, or through inoculation.<\/p>\n

At that point, it is tougher for a virus to spread, so even people who haven\u2019t been\u00a0infected or vaccinated<\/a>\u00a0have some protection.<\/p>\n

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It remains unclear whether coronavirus survivors have immunity, or for how long, though some have suggested that allowing the illness to run rampant might help reach herd immunity more quickly, CNN reported.<\/p>\n

Using such a tactic also would prove disastrous for hospitals, which would be overrun with patients.<\/p>\n

More than 167,000 people have died of COVID-19 and over 5.2 million have been infected across the US, according to Johns Hopkins University.<\/p>\n

In the next three weeks, the number of deaths nationwide will surge to a projected total of nearly 189,000, according to an ensemble forecast published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday.<\/p>\n

On the high end of the projection, 201,431 people will have died by Sept. 5.<\/p>\n

A previous ensemble forecast, published July 23, projected about 164,477 coronavirus deaths by Saturday, according to CNN.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t run away from the numbers,\u201d Fauci said in the 40-minute live Instagram session with the Oscar-winning actor. \u201cYou can\u2019t run away from the numbers of people who\u2019ve died, the number of people getting hospitalized, the surges we\u2019re seeing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fauci, a member of the White House pandemic task force, addressed a variety of topics in the wide-ranging interview, including how concerned people should be about becoming infected from touching a doorknob.<\/p>\n

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Matthew McConaugheyRick Kern\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He said it wasn\u2019t as concerning as sharing close physical space with an infected person,\u00a0ABC News reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cOK, true-false: Sunlight kills the virus?\u201d McConaughey asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt does,\u201d Fauci responded, backing a theory pushed by President Trump. \u201cThat\u2019s the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

McConaughey also asked Fauci if he had millions of dollars invested in a vaccine, prompting the doctor to chuckle.<\/p>\n

\u201cMatthew, no. I got zero! I\u2019m a government worker. I have a government salary,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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