OK, so both of the vaccines that we're talking about -- the Moderna vaccine and the Pfizer vaccine -- are what's called a prime boost, one injection followed in (three to four) weeks by another injection. Anthony Fauci More Quotes by Anthony Fauci More Quotes From Anthony Fauci Activism has been very productive in our society. Anthony Fauci ourverybeensociety For the first time, we have the genetic sequences of all three of the players in the global malaria debacle: the parasite, the anopheles mosquito and the human. It's a very important milestone. Anthony Fauci threeimportantfirst-timetime There has been treatment for hepatitis C, but the treatment has not been overwhelmingly effective, number 1. And number 2, it has had considerable toxicity. Anthony Fauci effectivenumberbeentreatment I'm generally considered a conservative in my predictions for disease. Anthony Fauci predictionsconservativedisease We need to know more about how group A strep interact with humans to cause so many different illnesses. Anthony Fauci needgroupknowdifferent When a company is fairly certain of a profit margin that is substantial, it can assume responsibility for the clinical trials to develop a blockbuster drug. Anthony Fauci profitcompanyresponsibilitytrials The launch of phase 1 Ebola vaccine studies is a first step in developing a vaccine that could be licensed and used in the field to protect not only the front line health care workers but also those living in areas where Ebola virus exists. Anthony Fauci first-stepstepcarehealth The most confounding thing of all is that we still haven't identified the cause of 20% to 30% of adult common colds. Anthony Fauci adultcausestillmost There is a misunderstanding that because children do not get as severe disease as a cohort, in general, as the elderly individuals and those with underlying conditions — we still lost 1,400 children, so, although you have to be aware and not deny that there are deleterious consequences for prolonged periods of time for keeping children out of school, remember, the safety of children is also important. Anthony Fauci I did not like the idea that, in order to maintain my personal and scientific integrity, and in order to fulfill my obligation to the country, as a public health official and as a scientist, I had to publicly disagree with several of the things that [former President Donald Trump], who they follow to the last word, was saying. Anthony Fauci If the country doesn't want to get vaccinated, the country doesn't want to wear a mask in an indoor setting, there's not much the president can do about that. Anthony Fauci The Southern Hemisphere has had a pretty bad flu season, and The Southern Hemisphere came on early, influenza -- as we all have experienced over many years -- can be a serious disease, particularly when you have a bad season. Anthony Fauci I think that, especially for people who are at significant risk for progression, it's important to take Paxlovid, a percentage of those people -- yet to be determined -- are going to have rebound. But in almost all of those people, the rebound is going to be an inconvenience. And that inconvenience, really, is not as important as the potential of avoiding hospitalization or death. Anthony Fauci You have to really go by the circumstances that you're in, the President is in a position to be able to test every day and wait till The President becomes negative before The President goes back. But that doesn't mean that everyone has to do that. Anthony Fauci Immunity wanes, whether that's immunity following infection or immunity following vaccine, even though the immediate protection following infection or vaccine is generally good protection, if you were infected with BA.1, you really don't have a lot of good protections against BA.4/5. Anthony Fauci Variants will continue to emerge. The virus circulates globally and in this country. We should not let it disrupt our lives, but we cannot deny that it is a reality that we need to deal with. Anthony Fauci We need to keep the levels of virus to the lowest possible level, and that is our best defense. If a virus is not very robustly replicating and spreading, it gives it less of a chance of a mutation, which gives it less of a chance of the evolving of another variant. Anthony Fauci I turned positive about two weeks ago, with very minimal symptoms. When they increased, given my age, I went on Paxlovid for five days. Anthony Fauci It was sort of what people are referring to as a Paxlovid rebound. Anthony Fauci Over the next day or so I started to feel really poorly, much worse than in the first go around. Anthony Fauci
