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Fauci Says Too Soon to Say Omicron Heralds End of Pandemic

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WATCH:“It’s an open question as to whether or not omicron is going to be the live virus vaccination everyone is hoping for,” Fauci told Bloomberg’s Francine Lacqua Monday.Source: Bloomberg

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By Andy Hoffman and Corinne Gretler

January 17, 2022 at 8:04 AM EST

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January 17, 2022 at 9:22 AM EST

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Anthony Fauci, the top medical adviser to the U.S. president, said it’s too soon to say whether the omicron variant will herald a shift in the Covid-19 pandemic to endemic.

“It’s an open question as to whether or not omicron is going to be the live virus vaccination everyone is hoping for,” Fauci said Monday at the World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda online conference.

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