'A SYMBOL TO THE COUNTRY'
Has Dr Fauci taken the Covid vaccine?
DR Anthony Fauci has been outspoken about his support of Covid-19 vaccines in order to stop the spread of the virus.
On June 15, 2022, Fauci tested positive for Covid-19.
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Has Dr Fauci taken the Covid vaccine?
In December 2020, the nation's top infectious diseases expert received the Moderna jab on live television.
When asked at the time why he was getting the injection, Fauci said he did so "as a symbol to the rest of the country that I feel extreme confidence of the safety and efficacy of this vaccine."
At the time, Fauci spoke to and said he expects to start vaccinating the general population "somewhere in the end of March, the beginning of April."
To date, Dr Fauci is "fully vaccinated and has been boosted twice," according to a by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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In July 2021, Fauci pleaded with Americans to get the vaccine.
He said: “No vaccine is perfect, but when you talk about the avoidability of hospitalization and deaths, it's really sad and tragic that most all of these are avoidable and preventable.”
"Obviously, there's gonna be some people because of the variability among people and their response to vaccine, that you'll see some who are vaccinated and still get into trouble and get hospitalized and die, but the overwhelming proportion of people who get into trouble are the unvaccinated which is the reason why we say this is really entirely avoidable and preventable."
When did Dr Fauci test positive for Covid-19?
On Wednesday, June 15, that Dr Anthony Fauci tested positive for Covid-19.
According to a statement by the institute, the 81-year-old is currently experiencing mild symptoms.
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The statement added: "He has not recently been in close contact with President Biden or other senior government officials.
"Dr Fauci will follow the Covid-19 guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and medical advice from his physician and return to the NIH when he tests negative."
What did Dr Fauci say about Trump's Covid diagnosis?
Back in February of 2021, Dr Fauci said former President Donald Trump was "lucky" to survive the coronavirus given his age and weight.
Fauci told the about Trump: "He could have gotten into serious trouble. I think he was quite fortunate.
Fauci described Trump's White House as a Covid-19 "superspreader".
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Questions of the former president's health and weight had remained prominent throughout his presidency, with some questioning the validity of his doctor's wellness checks even before he got Covid-19.
When Trump announced via Twitter on October 2, 2020, that both he and then-First Lady Melania Trump had contracted the virus, more questions began swirling around his health and his weight.
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A physical claimed he weighed 244 pounds and stands at 6'3, causing many of his critics to call him obese.
In February 2021, reported that Trump was actually sicker with Covid-19 in October 2020 than publicly acknowledged at the time.
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