Fauci: Delta strain is a ‘nasty variant’

Dr Anthony FauciAnthony FauciPfizer to brief US health officials on coronavirus recall: Sunday report shows preview: Biden defends troop withdrawal from Afghanistan; COVID-19 impacting unvaccinated pouches Fauci says Pfizer chief apologized for not giving ‘alert’ on recall announcement MORE called the Delta strain of the coronavirus a “nasty variant” in an interview on Sunday.

Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” Fauci said Americans who aren’t vaccinated against the coronavirus should be worried about a spike in Delta variant cases.

“It is very clear that this is an unpleasant variant. It has a much greater capacity for person-to-person transmission,” Fauci said, adding that the vaccines used in America to fight the coronavirus “are working very good “and protect against the Delta variant.

“The bad news is that we have a very nasty variant, the good news is that we have a vaccine that works against it,” Fauci said.

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– This week (@ThisWeekABC) July 11, 2021

The country’s top infectious disease doctor also expressed concern over what he called a “schism between some states and regions that have very low levels of immunization.”

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“It has never been easier and it has never been so important,” Biden said. “Do it now for yourself and your loved ones, for your neighborhood, for your country. It sounds cheesy, but it’s a patriotic thing to do.