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The left-leaning media is sounding the alarm on the new COVID-19 variant labeled BA.5, asserting that it’s a "big deal" and calling for people to mask up and get boosted.
In recent remarks, White House medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci called for the virus to still be "taken seriously" and warned that Americans who want to put the pandemic in the past must realize it is not gone yet.
Fauci appeared on MSNBC on Tuesday to recommend viewers continue to mask up indoors and get their second booster shot to combat the spread of the BA.5 variant, though he admitted it would be a "hard sell" for the American people.
"Everybody wants to put this pandemic behind us and feel and hope it doesn’t exist. It does," he said.
Many media outlets quickly parroted Fauci’s warning and advice, sometimes hyping the variant with grave headlines that went beyond the words of the infectious disease expert.