August 29, 2021

On ABC’s “This Week,” Anthony Fauci calls a projected 100,000 more deaths “predictable but preventable” and says he would support a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for schoolchildren, extending the reach of compulsory vaccination toward the young even before shots were authorized for most of them. He also warns Americans against taking ivermectin.

The policing of vaccine speech continues. Twitter permanently suspends writer Alex Berenson, labeled by Newsweek “the pandemic’s wrongest man,” removing a persistent critic of official claims from the platform entirely. Politico reports a third conservative radio host who condemned the vaccine has died of COVID, and The Atlantic runs “Vaccine Refusers Don’t Get to Dictate Terms Anymore,” arguing the unvaccinated should not expect accommodation from employers or insurers.

A CDC study circulates describing an unvaccinated Marin County teacher who infected 22 elementary students in May, cited as evidence for masking and vaccinating in schools. An NPR profile of a pastor who nearly died and now urges his congregation to get vaccinated rounds out a day heavy on persuasion aimed at the hesitant.

'This Week' Transcript 8-29-21: Secretary Antony Blinken, Sen. Ben Sasse & Dr. Anthony Fauci

Secretary Antony Blinken, Sen. Ben Sasse & Dr. Anthony Fauci were on "This Week" Sunday, August 29. This is a rush transcript and may be updated.

ABC News

CDC study finds unvaccinated Marin Co. teacher infected 22 elementary school students with COVID

A Marin County elementary school is the focus of a new CDC study that shows a teacher caused an outbreak back in May 2021.

ABC7 San Francisco

How school board meetings have become emotional battlegrounds for debating mask mandates

School board meetings have become emotional battlegrounds for parents and local officials who disagree over mask and vaccine mandates as children return to the classroom.

ABC News

Canadians are having more sex during the pandemic, unless they’re living with their partners

A Canada-wide survey of people’s sex lives during the pandemic reveals an increase in self pleasure — this could be a stress response.

The Conversation

‘My home country pushed me away’: how returning expats became South Korea’s pandemic scapegoats

South Koreans living away from home have been frequent targets for suspicion and ire during the pandemic. Some even report being shunned by their families.

The Conversation

Republican governors target local school systems over mask mandates | CNN Politics

CNN

‘Don’t do it’: Dr. Fauci warns against taking Ivermectin to fight Covid-19 | CNN

CNN

Alex Berenson, 'Pandemic's Wrongest Man' Suspended Permanently From Twitter

Newsweek

Unvaccinated Pastor Who Almost Died Of COVID Now Preaches The Importance Of Vaccines

Pastor Danny Reeves encouraged some members of his congregation to get the COVID-19 vaccine but thought he didn't need to get vaccinated himself. That changed after COVID-19 almost killed him.

NPR

J.&J. Vaccine May Be Less Effective Against Delta, Study Suggests (Published 2021)

The New York Times

3rd conservative radio host who condemned vaccines dies of Covid

Politico

Vaccine Refusers Don’t Get to Dictate Terms Anymore

People who opt out of shots shouldn’t expect their employers, health insurers, and fellow citizens to accommodate them.  

The Atlantic

Fauci: 100,000 new Covid deaths in US ‘predictable but preventable’

Dozens of states reported rapidly increasing fatalities amid resistance in some states to public health mandates

The Guardian

Texas man who led anti-mask protests in name of ‘freedom’ dies of Covid-19

Wife says Caleb Wallace, 30, who had been unconscious since 8 August, ‘loved his family and his little girls more than anything’

The Guardian

Fauci backs COVID-19 vaccine mandate for U.S. school children

Reuters

August 29, 2021

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