The Washington Post hosted halfhour conversation. Robert welcome to Washington Post live. Im robert costa. Today, on our path forward series, which focuses on the pandemic, i am pleased to welcome back dr. Anthony fauci. Dr. Fauci, as you all know, is leading the nations fight against the coronavirus. He is director of the National Institute of allergies and infectious diseases. He has advised president s for decades, including president trump, and he has been praised by president elect biden. Dr. Fauci, welcome back. Dr. Fauci thank you, bob. Its good to be with you. Robert we had questions for our audience members. We will get to them in a moment. Its thanksgiving week. Any lastminute messages for americans who are still undecided on traveling . Dr. Fauci yes, bob, thank you. Obviously each individual family has to make, as i have said over the past few days, a riskbenefit assessment about the risk you are willing to take in traveling and in congregating in the usual warm atmosphere
The Washington Post. This is a half an hour. Robert welcome to Washington Post live. Im robert costa. Today, on our path forward series, which focuses on the pandemic, im pleased to welcome back dr. Anthony fauci. Dr. Fauci, as you all know, is leading the nations fight against the coronavirus. He is director of the National Institute of allergies and infectious diseases. He has advised president s for decades, including President Trump, and he has been praised by president elect biden. Dr. Fauci, welcome back. Fauci. Dr. Fauci thank you, bob. Its good to be with you. Robert we had questions for our audience members. We will get to them in a moment. Its thanksgiving week. Any lastminute messages for americans who are still undecided on traveling . Dr. Fauci yes, bob, thank you. Obviously each individual family has to make, as i have said over the past few days, a riskbenefit assessment about the risk you are willing to take in traveling and in congregating in the usual warm atmosphere
Yes. Auci obviously each individual family has to make, as i have said over the past few days, a riskbenefit assessment about the risk you are real you are willing to take in traveling and congregating in the usual warm 10, 15, 20 people at a home dinner. Although those are wonderful parts of our tradition, i would like to have each family make that Risk Assessment and know and understand we are in a very difficult situation where the rate of infection, the slope of infections are very, very steep. You might want to reconsider travel plans and certainly try as best as you can to keep congregant meetings indoors, as innocent and wonderful as they sound, to a minimal number of people, preferably just members of a household. I know this is a difficult thing to do, but we are in a very difficult situation. Better be careful now and look forward to many more in the future then endangering yourself or a vulnerable member of your family or friends, or what have you to the situation we are in
Its good to be with you. Robert we had questions for our audience members. We will get to them in a moment. Its thanksgiving week. Any lastminute messages for americans who are still undecided on traveling . Dr. Fauci yes, bob, thank you. Obviously each individual family has to make, as i have said over the past few days, a riskbenefit assessment about the risk you are willing to take in traveling and in congregating in the usual warm atmosphere of 10, 15, 20 people at a home dinner. Although those are wonderful parts of our tradition, i would like to have each family make that Risk Assessment and know and understand that we are in a very difficult situation where the rate of infection, the slope of infections, are really very, very steep. You might want to reconsider travel plans and certainly try as best as you can to keep congregant meetings indoors, as innocent and wonderful as they sound, to a minimal number of people, preferably just members of a household. I know this is a diffi