Dr. Fauci: The biggest threat still Delta, not Omitron

The Omitron version is likely less serious than the Delta version, which remains the real problem for Americans this winter, said Fauci, chief American President Joe Biden's medical adviser.

In an interview, Fauci said the country “is already looking at a revival of” and warned that “60 million Americans are still unexcused”.

I think we already have enough problems with Delta. People keep talking about a winter wave of Omitron, we still have over 100,000 cases a day”, he stressed, referring to the Delta version.

We have about 50,000 people in the hospital. We have about 400 deaths a day. I think we should focus more on what our real problem is and our real problem is Delta”, he added.

Foreseeing a winter wave of cases with COVID-19, Fauci said it was inex0 inexplicable “to make such a large part of the population not vaccinated.

The “is truly a shame and a sad comment on our country that we already have over 780 000 American victims and we still have people who refuse to vaccinate”, he stressed.

We have 60 million people in this country who refuse to be vaccinated. I mean, it's really, really exciting”, he added.