Fauci says omicron vaccine would be 'prudent,' doesn't think COVID-19 will be eradicated
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White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday that a vaccine specifically targeting the omicron variant of the coronavirus would be "prudent."
"We may not need it ... but I think it’s prudent to at least prepare for the possibility that this may be a persistent variant that we may have to face – even if it’s at a very low level," Fauci told MSNBC.
While scientists have projected that new variants of concern would emerge in coming weeks, the nation's top infectious disease expert also said that after a while there will be enough "background immunity" such that even if new variants emerge "they don't take that surge effect that we've seen with the four, now five surges that we've seen since early 2020."
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