Spectrum News Partner
By
Jessica Yellin
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It’s been one year since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic — and at the time Dr. Fauci told lawmakers that "things will get worse."
This week he amended that statement. telling NBC’s Savannah Guthrie, "I did not in my mind think that 'much worse' was going to be 525,000 deaths."
After a brutal year of lockdowns and uncontrolled spread, U.S. deaths and cases are falling, as vaccines — developed at record speed — become more widely available. To date, more than 98 million doses have been administered in the US, at least partially vaccinating 19% of the U.S. population, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.