Fauci: Current virus plateau 'unacceptable'

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Source: The Hill


BY ZACK BUDRYK - 03/07/21 11:13 AM EST

Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, described current coronavirus levels of 60,000 to 70,000 new cases per day as “unacceptable.."

Fauci said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday that he is concerned that cases have begun to plateau after coming down "very sharply" of the past week or so.

“Historically, if you look back at the different surges we’ve had, when they come down and start to plateau at a very high level… plateauing at a level of [60,000] to 70,000 new cases per day is not an acceptable level, that is really very high.”

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head added that Europe, which is “usually a couple of weeks ahead of us in these patterns,” saw its numbers plateau before “about a 9 percent increase in cases.”

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