fauci, can you explain why you call this a folly decision? travel bands are not something i ve ever supported and didn t during the prior administration and not during this administration because when you talk about officially spreading respiratory virus, it s going to be everywhere by the time you discover it and it s already shown to be the case, this is spreading in countries like the netherlands even before in south africa and what the travel ban does is a false sense of security and let s politicians do something but in the end it punishes countries that are diligent and reporting and alerting the world to the variant while excluding other countries without any major regions and the travel ban is leaky. now we know this is everywhere and we are going to expect to see it in different places, community spread in the netherlands and new york state, it doesn t justify the travel ban being in place so we have to
ceo, and people are looking at emerging data from a new variant, but also, i think there is a bit of uncertainty about the longevity of response after the third dose through brewster. i think there is some uncertainty around that booster. i wouldn t be so sure to start predicting that we will definitely need a booster every few months. every few months. that has dealt with every few months. that has dealt with the every few months. that has dealt with the booster. - every few months. that has dealt with the booster. in i dealt with the booster. in terms of the immediate reaction to the omicron variant and the travel restrictions, to think thatis travel restrictions, to think that is the right way to go about things through mark well, no. , . no. and i say that with the understanding no. and i say that with the understanding of - no. and i say that with the understanding of the - no. and i say that with the - understanding of the evidence behind us, the work, the modelling w
evidence is that travel bands can work, but in order for them to work, they have to be imposed really early. after the emergence of a new pathogen, notjust emergence of a new pathogen, not just the discovery emergence of a new pathogen, notjust the discovery of emergence of a new pathogen, not just the discovery of a emergence of a new pathogen, notjust the discovery of a new variant the way it happened in southern africa. but they have to be so drastic as to shut down all travel into a country by 1995% in the relatively small like israel, you can shut down travel into your country, you have a chance to delaying the arrival of a new variant or virus. but the way that these bands have been implemented selectively and the operative word is the selective mandates targeting a region where there is some virus that is reported, but it is not even certain that the virus variant emerged there. so, where you have a lot of countries with the virus is already there and they target a specific part
as sure as the booster? well, experts are not as sure as the pfizer booster? well, experts are not as sure as the pfizer ceo - booster? well, experts are not as sure as the pfizer ceo and l as sure as the pfizer ceo and people are looking at emerging data from the new variant and also, i think there s a bit of uncertainty about the longevity of response and the booster. so, i think there is some uncertainty around that i would not be so sure to start predicting that we will definitely need a booster every few months. definitely need a booster every few months few months. that is the boosters. few months. that is the boosters, in few months. that is the boosters, in terms - few months. that is the boosters, in terms of i few months. that is the l boosters, in terms of the immediate reactions to the omicron variant and the travel restrictions. you think is the right way to go about things? well, no. isay right way to go about things? well, no. i say that with the understanding o
because what you saw in the ensuing few days about cases were already in the netherlands and hong kong and ireland another us and canada and i believe now 30 countries, every day we re getting more countries and there will be more in the next day there will be more. it looks like this variant has already spread pretty widely. the travel bands themselves are not really going to help really preventing the spread of this virus. it is spreading around the world and has been for a few weeks at this point. i5 has been for a few weeks at this point- has been for a few weeks at this point. is it too much of a lea to this point. is it too much of a leap to conclude this point. is it too much of a leap to conclude that - this point. is it too much of a leap to conclude that the - leap to conclude that the emergence of variance like omicron and perhaps others that may come after it, we are now seeing the effects of global vaccine inequality and the result of that coming home to roost? :: ::