Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, stressed that this is an “outbreak of the unvaccinated,” and that this group is far more vulnerable to catching COVID-19 and its variants of concern than those who are vaccinated.

Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said lockdowns are unlikely despite the rise in COVID-19 cases, but things are going to get worse with the Delta variant’s spread.

The nation’s top infectious disease expert stressed that this is an “outbreak of the unvaccinated,” and that this group is far more vulnerable to catching COVID-19 and its variants of concern than those who are vaccinated.

“Things are going to get worse” as the Delta strain spreads, Fauci said.

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