Fauci foresees potential record death rate from Omicron: 'I think that is going to happen'

He predicted a 'tough few weeks to months' on Sunday while calling the extent of mutations in Omicron 'unprecedented.'

on Sunday, where host Jake Tapper pressed the leading infectious disease expert on where he believes the pandemic is headed.

"Yes, well, unfortunately, Jake, I think that that is going to happen," Fauci replied."We are going to see a significant stress in some regions of the country on the hospital system, particularly in those areas where you have a low level of vaccination, which is one of the reasons why we continue to stress the importance of getting those unvaccinated people vaccinated."

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