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Dr. Anthony Fauci thanked Colorado health care workers and called on all Coloradans to work together a little longer to “crush” the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo courtesy of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Editor’s note: For the most up-to-date COVID-19 vaccine information, please click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The nation\u2019s leading infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, took time on Tuesday to salute and thank Colorado health workers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m tipping my hat and saluting the very brave frontline workers in Colorado who put themselves on the line literally every single day and every single night in order to take care of the people of Colorado,\u201d Fauci said during a briefing with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou really are heroes. Thank you very much for what you are doing,\u201d said Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, health care works face an even tougher challenge in the coming weeks. Fauci and many other public health experts fear \u201ca surge upon a surge\u201d during December after millions of people traveled over the Thanksgiving holiday and held larger holiday gatherings than experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had recommended.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019re going to be looking at 30 or more days… of precarious risk,\u201d Fauci said. \u201cEven though we are out of the Thanksgiving season, we are going to rapidly emerge into the season of people shopping, crowding, preparing, perhaps even the ill-advised office parties if they can exist anymore and then the Christmas holidays and then New Year\u2019s Eve and New Year\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s in our hands right now to see if we can mitigate it,\u201d Fauci said.<\/p>\n

He emphasized that public health measures will help drive down infections if people will continue to do their best. These measures include: \u201cuniform wearing of masks, physical distancing, avoiding crowds\u2026doing as much outdoors as you possibly can and washing your hands frequently.\u201d<\/p>\n

While health care providers face a tough month, Fauci said there\u2019s good news too: \u201cHelp is on the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

He expects the first 40 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to begin making\u00a0their way around the U.S. this month. By the fall of 2021, the pandemic could ease dramatically, Fauci said.<\/p>\n

“We can crush this outbreak, just the way we did with small pox, with polio and with measles,” Fauci said. “We can do it. We just need to hang together a bit longer because, not only Colorado, but so many states are at the brink of being overrun with reagard to their capabilities of taking care of people in a proper way, particularly in intensive care units.”<\/p>\n

In addition to his role in fighting the pandemic, Fauci also sees patients. He said he is eager to get his vaccine, and he\u2019s urging all health care workers to do the same.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe feel confident that a (COVID-19) vaccine is safe and highly efficacious,\u201d Fauci said.<\/p>\n

An independent board of scientists, medical experts and ethicists have been carefully reviewing data from vaccine clinical trials, Fauci said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey looked at the data and independently determined that (the vaccines are) safe and effective,\u201d Fauci said. \u201cThese are career scientists, not political appointees.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am also a health care worker. I will get vaccinated when my time arrives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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