[LATimes] Kamala Harris, in interview, says administration did not anticipate Omicron variant

so you're saying what about Trump

 

still sounds like you're saying what about Trump

 

“We saw it coming”: Fauci contradicts Harris

https://texasnewstoday.com/we-saw-it-coming-fauci-contradicts-harris/578916/

 

‘We Saw It Coming’: Fauci Contradicts Harris’ Claim That The Government Did Not Predict Variants

https://whatsnew2day.com/we-saw-it-...that-the-government-did-not-predict-variants/

 

Dr. Fauci contradicts Kamala Harris' claim the administration did not predict variants but says Omicron is 'unprecedented': Believes US should be 'flooded with free at home testing' after Psaki mocked idea

• Kamala Harris on Friday told The Los Angeles Times that the government did not see Omicron coming because the scientists failed to predict it
• On Sunday Dr Anthony Fauci, Joe Biden's chief medical advisor, took issue with her claim
• Fauci said that the administration knew it was likely there would be more variants after Delta, and saw Omicron coming from Southern Africa and Europe
• Biden will on Tuesday address the nation as COVID-19 surges once again and lockdowns are reimposed in parts of Europe

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-administration-did-not-predict-variants.html

 

Did Biden Say You Won’t Get COVID if You’re Vaccinated?
Biden overstated the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccinations during a July 2021 town hall.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-if-vaccinated-wont-get-covid/

 

https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday...we-did-not-anticipate-extent-of-the-mutations

Fauci: We did not anticipate extent of omicron's mutations
BY CAROLINE VAKIL - 12/19/21 09:38 AM EST

President Biden’s chief medical adviser, Anthony Fauci, said on Sunday that while officials anticipated new coronavirus variants, they did not anticipate the extent of omicron's mutations.

“We definitely saw variants coming. I think ... what was not anticipated was the extent of the mutations in the amino acid substitutions in omicron, which is really unprecedented,” Fauci told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.”

“It kind of came out of nowhere, where you have a virus that has 50 mutations, 30 of which are in the spike protein and 10 or 12 of which are in the receptor-binding domain. I mean to me, that's really quite unprecedented,” he added.

Fauci noted, however, that if a virus is given ample time to replicate, it will mutate and can sometimes create new variants, such as in the case of the delta variant.

Omicron, which was first discovered in South Africa last month, has officially been spotted in 89 countries, the World Health Organization said on Saturday. It was officially detected in the United States early this month, and scientists are now racing to learn more about the variant, including how severe it could be.

Fauci on Sunday emphasized that Americans need to get vaccinated, or get COVID-19 boosters if they are eligible.

“Because when you look at omicron and what it's doing - the protection from it like a two-dose mRNA vaccine is quite good, particularly against severe disease. But when you get to omicron, the protection significantly goes down,” Fauci said. “But the good news is when you boost someone, it goes right back up, and that's the reason why there's such an emphasis on the part of all of us.”

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you want to criticize Trump, you should start a criticize Trump thread. this is a criticize Harris thread

 

none that I know of, other than Fauci having to contradict her on Meet the Press.

if you mean ramifications of Biden being (in a sense) overconfident, I think it has hurt his approval ratings and made him significantly less effective at everything else. The administration at times has looked inept, like they don't know what they're doing.

and ib4 @jo mama says what about Trump

 

you don't seem like a very happy individual