What a crazy sounding uncle Dr. Fauci has become. "Because there might be variants in the future and we're not sure".
Fauci is but a micro-speck to an even greater "
disease". That "disease" being that the the US is increasing incapable of making any
realpolitik solutions. We are paralyzed into inaction consumed by considering endless "
what ifs", such as the potential effect of an unknown virus variant. (Maybe, by extension, we should also consider the effects of an astroid strike as a "
what if" and spend trillions of $$ to address that.) Keeping a crises alive by hysterically finding ways to endlessly predict glum and doom; is simply a feeble method by those deriving power from that crises to maintain their autocratic power to oppress the public.
This paralysis of avoiding
realpolitik solutions is also being played out on issues such as racism, cancel culture, and immigration. The political "
leaders' endlessly pontificate on how solutions must be "
found"; but then find (that under careful examination (sarcasm)) that any proposed "
solution" is somehow unacceptable. So we are paralyzed as a society. In the meantime, China is "
eating our lunch" and moving forward.