Doctors' orders -- get your updated COVID shot BEFORE holiday gatherings. In his final White House briefing Tuesday retiring Dr. Anthony Fauci took the podium to remind Americans to gather safely for the holidays. Each individual person must evaluate Their own risks he syas regarding whetheror not to ear makss, which is not longer a requirement in most places.
CDC data reflects only 11.3% of US residents older than five have gotten the fourth dose of the vaccine.
Fauci will retire as the nation's leading infectious disease expert and Pres. BIDEN'S CHIEF PHYSICIAN in December at the age of 81. He did not respond to a reporters shouted question about whether he has researched the origins of COVID.
The briefing descended jnto a shouting match between Press Sec. Karine Jean Pierre and other reporters demanding and answer.
He said he wanted to be remembered for giving his all.
"I'll let other people judge the value or not of my accomplishments, but I would like people to remember about what I've done, is that every day for all of those years I've 've given it everything that I have and I've never left anything on the field."
Fauci may not be out of the national spolight for good. He said if he was called back for a hearing he would oblige.