On the one year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic hitting the United States, Dr. Anthony Fauci is looking back on what he has learned since he became the leader of the fight against the novel virus.
The nation’s top infectious disease expert reflected while speaking to University of Chicago Dean Kate Baicker on the "Big Brains" podcast, CNBC’s Make It reported.
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“I’ve got to tell you, the reason I get more humble as the years go by [is] because I realized how much I don’t know,” he said. “When you’re dealing with virgin territory, you have to make adjustments, be flexible enough and humble enough to know that you may need to essentially, modify what you’ve said before.”
One topic Fauci admits he knew little about was how to help people without access to a computer or the internet get vaccine appointments, the outlet reported.
“All of those things that you’ve really got to realize that are there, and you say, ‘Yeah, I should have really figured that out," Fauci said.
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The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease pointed out that at the beginning of the pandemic little data about the virus was available.
“When you don’t have the data, make it very explicit so that no one gets any misinterpretation that you are saying something that is possible, maybe likely, but you do not know for sure,” he added.
Fauci also touched on how “divisiveness in society” made it harder to communicate proper safety measures during the pandemic.
“It was extremely frustrating and, quite frankly, painful to try and get a public health message out that would be lifesaving,” the 80-year-old said.
Earlier this week, Fauci predicted the U.S. could reach herd immunity by early fall.
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