Angry Fauci Responds To Sen. Johnson's Claim Vaccine Not Necessary

Dr. Anthony Fauci responded to comments from Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) criticizing the push for Americans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

In an interview on MSNBC Friday, anchor Ayman Mohyeldin asked Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert and a Covid adviser to President Joe Biden, about Johnson’s position that distribution of the vaccines should have been limited to the vulnerable given they had emergency authorization.

“What is the point? The science tells us that vaccines are 95% effective. So if you have a vaccine, quite honestly, what do you care if your neighbor has one or not?” Johnson said in an interview on Thursday.

“Why is this big push to make sure everybody gets a vaccine,” he said. “I’m getting highly suspicious of what’s happening here.”

Fauci dismissed the senator’s comments.