<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has advised Americans to have a risk/benefit discussion before going forward with holiday plans.</p>
<p>Speaking with<a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2020/11/17/fauci-words-of-hope-coronavirus-pandemic-sot-sciutto-nr-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/coronavirus/"> CNN</a>, Fauci was asked to give his &#8220;best words of hope&#8221; going into the holiday season regarding the pandemic.</p>
<p>&#8220;The best words of hope are two things: one of public health and one a scientific issue. The public health issue is that the kind of interventions that I just mentioned work.  You&#8217;ve got to understand, they do work, we know that as a scientific fact,&#8221; said Fauci. &#8220;And therefore, implement them. You don&#8217;t have to shut down any businesses to do that, you can still have the economy going along in a slow way,  in a prudent way staying open. Do that from a public health standpoint.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Secondly, from a public health standpoint. Do a risk/benefit discussion with your family about what you&#8217;re going to want to do with the holidays,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;In other words, you might say I have vulnerable people in the family, I have elderly people, I have people with underlying conditions, do you want toget 10, 15, 20 people flying in from different parts of the country. That&#8217;s a wonderful, beautiful tradition that we have, but maybe the time now is to take an assessment of that risk/benefit ratio and maybe modify what you&#8217;re going to do from now.&#8221;</p>
<p>Offering a dose of optimism, Fauci said that &#8220;light is at the end of the tunnel&#8221; regarding a vaccine. That being said, he cautioned people to stay vigilant.</p>
<p>&#8220;And the scientific thing, is that there is light at the end of the tunnel, help is on the way, so a vaccine should not have you then make a decision, &#8216;Well, we&#8217;re going to have a vaccine  so we don&#8217;t have to do anything else,'&#8221; he said. &#8220;No, the fact that we have a vaccine coming means we should double down and hang in there, because help is on the way, which would motivate us to do even better with public health measures.&#8221;</p>
<p>Earlier this week, Fauci expressed concern that the Trump administration&#8217;s lawsuits and refusal to concede would delay a vaccine implementation.</p>
<p data-content-child-index="0-0">“It’s obviously something that we are concerned about,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-fauci-says-hes-concerned-about-trumps-refusal-to-concede-worries-it-could-delay-vaccine-distribution">said Fauci</a>. “I’ve served in six administrations, so I’ve seen a number of transitions and I know that transitions are very important to get a smooth, essentially, as I use the metaphor, essentially passing a baton without stopping running. You just want things to go very smoothly. So hopefully, we’ll see that soon. And transitions are important.”</p>
<p data-content-child-index="0-0">Fauci added the virus will not take a “time out” as President Donald Trump resolves his legal disputes over the election. Regarding the transfer of power, Fauci said, “The virus is not going to stop and call a time out while things change. The virus is just going to keep going. The process is just going to keep going.”</p>
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