The new rules would require employers with 100 or more employees, federal workers, and health care staff to get vaccinated or possibly lose their jobs. This could apply to as many as 100 million Americans, and it is Biden's strongest bid yet to mandate vaccines, something he promised last December that he would not do.
The question to Fauci, asked by CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta on Anderson Cooper 360, was:
"So, as we talk about vaccine mandates, I get calls all the time, people say, I've already had COVID, I'm protected. And now the study says maybe even more protected than the vaccine alone. Should they also get the vaccine? How do you make the case to them?"The study Gupta was referring to was an Israeli study that found that natural immunity for people who had already been infected by the COVID-19 virus gave better protection against the Delta variant than two doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
Fauci replied:
"You know, that's a really good point, Sanjay. I don't have a really firm answer for you on that."















Comment: Natural adaptability would likely occur again if presented with another variant. Vaccines do not adapt.