EXCERPT:
FAUCI: "You know, in the absence of vaccination, that would have been very difficult to do. But right now that you have the ability to vaccinate people, you can actually clearly be much more liberal and open in what we’re doing, which is where we are really right now. But in the very beginning, when essentially everyone was at risk of infection, you could pass it on to someone else inadvertently, innocently, and have that person suffer a dire consequence. So when you’re dealing in the beginning, it was like a tsunami that you needed to shut off quickly and then open up as quickly as you possibly can."