- Dr. Anthony Fauci announced Sunday that Americans who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can celebrate the holidays together
- He said: ‘I believe strongly that if you’re vaccinated and your family members are vaccinated, those who are eligible, that you can enjoy the holidays’
- Fauci argued that celebrating together is one of the main reasons health experts emphasized the importance of getting vaccinated
- He also said getting the shot is important ‘for your own safety, for that of your family, and for the good of the community, to keep the level of infection down’
- This recommendation comes just two weeks after he argued it was ‘too soon’ to say whether Americans can gather for Christmas
- To date, the US has administered 107 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine
- Approximately 65.8 percent of the US population has received at least one COVID shot and 57.3 percent has been fully vaccinated