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A vaccine mandate for air travel is likely to spark legal challenges.

Fauci argued that the unvaccinated are affecting others because they’re “allowing the propagation and the spread of the outbreak,” and pushed back against critics who say whether to get the shot is an individual decision.

The CDC estimates that the Delta variant may be responsible for nearly 10% of all new COVID-19 infections in the United States. In some Western U.S. states, the variant may be responsible for nearly 20% of cases.

Thousands of pages of Fauci’s work emails from the early months of the pandemic have been released via Freedom of Information Act requests.

Trump notoriously and repeatedly dismissed scientific consensus on the virus, floating unverified treatments such as injecting household cleaning solutions and endorsing individuals taking hydroxychloroquine to stave off the virus.

In an NPR interview, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert, said changes in vaccine distribution could be necessary depending on what happens in the next few weeks.

President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday said he has asked the nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, to become his chief medical adviser and said he plans to call on Americans to wear masks for the first 100 days of his administration.