Dr. Anthony Fauci said he's "as confident as you can be" that most states in the U.S. will have reached their peak in Omicron cases by mid-February. He didn't minimize the fact that we're still going to see a lot of pain and suffering along the way, particularly in areas where there are still very low vaccination rates.
RADDATZ: But you said there that, by mid-February, most states may reach a peak. Are you still confident about that?
FAUCI: You know, I think as confident as you can be. You never want to be overconfident when you're dealing with this virus, Martha, because it has certainly surprised us in the past.
But, if you look at the patterns that we have seen in South Africa, in the U.K., and in Israel, and that, as you mentioned just a moment ago, in the Northeast and New England and Upper Midwest states, they have peaked and starting to come down rather sharply -- there are still some states in the Southern states and Western states that continue to go up.
But if the pattern follows the trend that we're seeing in other places, such as the Northeast, I believe that you will start to see a turnaround throughout the entire country. Since it's a large country and a great deal of variation in the degree of vaccinations that we have in one region compared to another, ultimately, they're all going to go in the same direction.
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