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Anthony Fauci, the country\u2019s top infectious disease expert, says the data is clear that it is \u201cyoung people\u201d who are \u201cdriving this new surge\u201d of coronavirus infections. While the young may feel invincible and they\u2019re right that most of them won\u2019t get sick, they need to understand the role they play in making sure the virus keeps spreading to others with sometimes lethal consequences. \u201cThey\u2019re not going to get very sick. They know that,\u201d Fauci said in an interview with WebMD\u2019s chief medical officer John Whyte<\/a>. \u201cSo what I think is happening is that, understandably, innocently, but not correctly, the younger individuals are saying, well, if I get infected, so the chances of it is that I won\u2019t even have any symptoms, so who cares? That\u2019s a big mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recent data shows that the biggest age group reporting new COVID-19 infections is \u201cat least 15 years younger\u201d than a few months ago, he said. And even though it\u2019s true that statistically those people are less likely to develop severe symptoms, people need to analyze the consequence of their actions. \u201cBy allowing yourself to getting infected or not caring if you do get infected, you are propagating a pandemic. Because it doesn\u2019t end with you,\u201d Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said. \u201cYou get infected and have no symptoms. The chances are you\u2019re going to infect someone else, who will then infect someone else.\u201d And eventually in that chain the virus could reach someone who\u2019s vulnerable either because of their age or because they have a compromised immune system. \u201cAll of a sudden, you\u2019re not operating in a vacuum,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019re part of the problem as opposed to being part of the solution.\u201d Fauci emphasized that he didn\u2019t want to blame anybody, characterizing it as a messaging problem. \u201cThese are people that are doing this innocently and inadvertently,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Fauci spoke as the surge in new COVID-19 infections is leading to packed emergency rooms in some parts of the country<\/a>. The new infections are rising around the world too as the World Health Organization reported a record increase in cases for a second day in a row<\/a> with an rise of 259,848 in 24 hours. The United States led the ranking with 71,484 new cases followed by Brazil with 45,403 and India with 34,884.<\/p>\n

Fauci, who is currently locked in a tense relationship with much of the White House leadership,<\/a> said he stands by his prediction last month that the United States may very well start reporting as many as 100,000 new COVID-19 infections per day. Although getting to that number isn\u2019t inevitable, avoiding it would require people to follow social distancing guidelines and wear masks. \u201cI do hope we don\u2019t reach that and that we actually turn it around in time,\u201d Fauci said. \u201cBut, you know, the virus is\u2013 is a very formidable foe here.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an interview with Facebook\u2019s Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday, Fauci had warned that while most young people won\u2019t develop serious symptoms, there are growing reports that many do get sick for weeks<\/a> and that could have long-term consequences. \u201cIt\u2019s the people who really get knocked out badly, particularly those who require hospitalization, that it\u2019s going to take months to a year or more to determine if there are any long-lasting, deleterious consequences of the infection,\u201d Fauci said. \u201cWe just don\u2019t know that now. We haven\u2019t had enough time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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