Fauci says he misspoke about when he thinks US could get COVID under control

Dr Anthony Fauci, the leading disease expert in the United States, said in an interview Monday that he was wrong when he said the country could get the virus under control by fall 2022, a another full year.

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Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CNN the error occurred in a previous interview with NPR.

Fauci apologized and said he had listened to the interview. He tried to clarify and said if more Americans sign up to take the vaccines – as well as those who have already recovered from the virus – the country could get “good control in the spring.”

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