Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nationโs top infectious disease expert and a Grinch, said this week that he and his wife will not be seeing his three adult children for Christmas or for his birthday on Christmas Eve due to COVID-19.
“It is highly likely that with vaccines being distributed, that we will be back to normal by next Christmas,” Fauci said.
Although he did add that next Christmas might not be the same.
He made the comments during an interview with the Washington Postโs Power Up newsletter.
“Iโm going to be with my wife โ period,” Fauci told the outlet on Monday. “The Christmas holiday is a special holiday for us because Christmas Eve is my birthday,” said Fauci, who is turning 80. “And Christmas Day is Christmas Day. And they are not going to come home โฆ Thatโs painful. We donโt like that. But thatโs just one of the things youโre going to have to accept as we go through this unprecedented challenging time.”
Fauci, noting that many Americans ignored health guidelines over Thanksgiving, warned that Christmas cannot be “business as usual.”
“Stay at home as much as you can, keep your interactions to the extent possible to members of the same household,” Fauci said. “This cannot be business as usual this Christmas because weโre already in a very difficult situation, and weโre going to make it worse if we donโt do something about it.”
He’s such an upper, isn’t he?
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