Fauci warns US going in 'wrong direction'; Arkansas surge worse than last summer: Live COVID updates
John Bacon, Jorge L. Ortiz and Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY
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The nation is going in the "wrong direction" and new coronavirus cases will continue to climb unless more Americans get vaccinated, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday.
"Fifty-percent of the county is not fully vaccinated," President Biden's top medical adviser said on CNN's State of the Union. "That's a problem."
The outbreak has been fueled by the extremely contagious delta variant, aided by a nationwide relaxation in mask and social distancing guidelines, and by the refusal by many Americans to get vaccinated despite cajoling, mandates and giveaways.