Fauci: Too Soon for COVID-19 Lockdowns Over ‘Omicron’ Variant

White House COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci, in a series of Sunday morning interviews, suggested that little is known about the new so-called Omicron variant but said it’s not the time yet for lockdowns. During an ABC News interview, Fauci said the United States must do “anything and everything” to curb cases of the variant, although it’s “too early to say” whether we need new lockdowns or vaccine mandates. The variant, which was labeled by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a “variant of concern” on Friday, appears to be prompting panic among world leaders and has led to travel bans to southern Africa. It’s not clear yet if the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus variant is more infectious or can lead to more severe disease, as health officials have said that more data is required to make such a determination. A South African doctor who has been treating Omicron variant patients told news …