Fauci: US could be at beginning of COVID wave

White House Chief Medical Advisor Anthony Fauci said the United States could be at the beginning of a new COVID-19 wave and called on Americans to get vaccinated or receive booster shots if eligible. He pointed out the rising numbers of coronavirus infections across Europe, attributing the surge to the decision to end restrictive measures in most countries.

Fauci warned cases in the US are “creeping up into the 80,000 per day,” explaining that the rise is “entirely predictable when you have about 60 million people who are eligible to be vaccinated who have not gotten vaccinated.”