Fauci: CPAC crowd cheering anti-vaccine remarks is ‘horrifying’ - The Dallas Morning News

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Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday said he found it “horrifying” that an audience at CPAC loudly cheered anti-vaccine comments during a panel discussion earlier in the weekend conservative gathering being held in Dallas.

A Saturday panel, titled “Are the leftovers from the pandemic here to stay?” featured author Alex Berenson, who has long criticized coronavirus vaccines and Fauci’s response to the virus on social media.

“They were hoping —the government was hoping — that they could sort of sucker 90% of the population into getting vaccinated,” Berenson said to cheers, “and it isn’t happening. Younger people are well aware of what the risks really are and are well aware of the side-effect profile of the vaccine ... so there is going to be more pressure.”

President Joe Biden had set a goal for 70% of American adults to receive at least one dose of the vaccine before the July 4 holiday — a goal that was narrowly missed. As of Sunday, 67.6% of American adults ― about 174 million people ― have received at least one dose.

Fauci on Sunday called the crowd’s reaction “horrifying.”

“I mean, they are cheering about someone saying that it’s a good thing for people not to try and save their lives,” Fauci told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “It’s almost frightening.”

Fauci, the chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, is among the most vilified public figures at the Conservative Political Action Conference, which is being held at the Hilton Anatole near downtown Dallas. Speakers who mention Fauci’s name are almost always greeted with a chorus of boos.

“Fauci is better at pitching baseballs than he is at science, okay?” Donald Trump Jr. said during his speech on Friday.

On Sunday, one CPAC attendee wore a T-shirt bearing a picture of Fauci with prison bars superimposed over his face. “This is what the real lockdown should look like,” the shirt said.

At the beginning of the pandemic, Fauci said the general public should not wear masks, worried that a rush on masks might create a shortage for healthcare workers. As the pandemic continued and it became more clear how infectious COVID-19 was, Fauci recommended adults use masks.

Nearly 600,000 Americans have died of the coronavirus, according to CDC data. Health experts are increasingly worried about the affect of the more-infectious delta variant on unvaccinated people.

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