by Eric Lendrum<\/p>\n
In an interview with MSNBC on Tuesday, Anthony Fauci said that defeating the coronavirus is more important than Americans\u2019 personal freedoms, and that every American should be forced to get a vaccine, the Daily Caller reports.<\/p>\n
When asked by host Willie Geist, Fauci said that he supports vaccine mandates for teachers and all levels of schools, including colleges and universities, referring to the India Variant, also known as the \u201cDelta Variant,\u201d as a \u201cmajor surge\u201d that has led to a \u201ccritical\u201d situation.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are in a major surge now as we\u2019re going into the fall, into the school season,\u201d Fauci said without providing any evidence. \u201cThis is very serious business. You would wish that people would see why it\u2019s so important to get vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fauci then acknowledged that vaccine mandates are unlikely to come \u201ccentrally from the federal government,\u201d but are more likely to emerge at the local level \u201cfor schools, for teachers, for universities, for colleges.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know people must like to have their individual freedom and not be told to do something,\u201d he continued. \u201cBut I think we\u2019re in such a serious situation now that under certain circumstances, mandates must be done.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fauci, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and other medical authorities have been widely criticized in recent months for flip-flopping on the subjects of masks, vaccines, and other restrictions related to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. The CDC recently reversed its guidance on masks, ordering everyone to resume wearing masks even if they have already been vaccinated, as well as ordering all students in K-12 schools to wear masks.<\/p>\n
The vaccines themselves have come under scrutiny for apparently being useless against the spread of the virus, as there have been over 10,000 confirmed cases of \u201cbreakthrough infections,\u201d where vaccinated individuals still caught the virus. Some areas of the country, including New York City, have begun implementing \u201cvaccine passports,\u201d where individuals have to show proof of vaccination in order to enter businesses such as restaurants, leading to accusations of unconstitutional violations of personal liberty.<\/p>\n
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