Dr. Anthony Fauci said CDC will update its guidance on mask-wearing in public If you re vaccinated, obviously the risk is miniscule, he told ABC News
Fauci has been under fire for recommending not wearing masks a year ago
He advised public not to wear face coverings at start of coronavirus pandemic
But he and the government changed views as number of cases kept growing
Fauci also said it was risky business last month for states to life mask mandates
But case counts in Florida and Texas continue to decline after lifting mandates
Updated
2 hours ago
Michigan Became National Hotspot For COVID-19 Due To Variants And Lack Of Vigilance
Michigan recorded a highest-in-the-nation 91,000 new COVID-19 cases over the last two weeks. That is more cases than California and Texas combined.
Corey Williams, David Eggert and Lindsey Tanner
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) Eric Gala passed up an opportunity to get a coronavirus vaccine when shots became available in Michigan, and he admits not taking the virus seriously enough.
Then he got sick with what he thought was the flu. He thought he would sweat it out and then feel back to normal.
Before long, the 63-year-old Detroit-area retiree was in a hospital hooked up to a machine to help him breathe. He had COVID-19.
ROYAL OAK, MICH. Eric Gala passed up an opportunity to get a coronavirus vaccine when shots became available in Michigan, and he admits not taking the virus seriously enough. Then he got sick with what he thought was the flu. He thought he would sweat it out and then feel back to normal. Before long, the 63-year-old Detroit-area retiree was in a hospital hooked up to a machine to help him breathe. He had COVID-19. I was having more trouble breathing and they turned the oxygen up higher that s when I got scared and thought I wasn t going to make it, a visibly weary Gala told The Associated Press on Wednesday from his hospital bed at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, north of Detroit. I had so many people tell me this was a fake disease.
Associated Press
REGISTERED NURSE MONICA Quintana dons protective gear Wednesday before entering a room at the William Beaumont hospital in Royal Oak, Mich. Beaumont Health warned that its hospitals and staff had hit critical capacity levels. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) Eric Gala passed up an opportunity to get a coronavirus vaccine when shots became available in Michigan, and he admits not taking the virus seriously enough.
Then he got sick with what he thought was the flu. He thought he would sweat it out and then feel back to normal.
Before long, the 63-year-old Detroit-area retiree was in a hospital hooked up to a machine to help him breathe. He had COVID-19.