'If everyone contracted it, even with the relatively high percentage of people without symptoms ... a lot of people are going to die.' Any attempt to get coronavirus herd immunity would lead to massive death tolls, Fauci warns.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, explained the risks during a live Instagram session with actor Matthew McConaughey. "If everyone contracted it, even with the relatively high percentage of people without symptoms ... a lot of people are going to die," Fauci said. "You look at the United States of America with our epidemic of obesity as it were. With the number of people with hypertension.
"You can't run away from the numbers of people who've died, the number of people getting hospitalized, the surges we're seeing." The US has averaged over 1,000 reported daily deaths for 18 consecutive days.College students walk to dinner this week at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Georgia records highest death toll since pandemic startedGeorgia was one of the first states to reopen after being one of the last ones to shut down.
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