I watched Fauci interviewed by Anderson Cooper last night and I thought he came off terribly. For one, he mentioned the wrong time frame. He said he expected the US to return to normal in Fall of 2022 and then said that he miss spoke and he meant Spring of 2022. OK, but then he kept using new words "control" the virus when we have 80-90% vaccinated, not herd immunity like everyone has been talking about the last year. Just stop changing the words. This is why no one trusts what he says anymore.
In the US, it's very possible we are about to hit the plateau of delta. Cases overall are still rising, but not like they have been for the last month or two. It's slowing down. Hospitalizations are also slowing down overall, still rising just much much lower now. Maybe in another week or two, in theory, we could see the cases go down, however, with schools opening, we may just see this spike be sustained for a bit longer. But then again, with the US mostly completely open and maskless, it may not be too much of a spike with the schools. Is it that much different than going to a packed sporting event or concert? I guess we are going to find out soon enough. College football is about to start back up and it looks like all the big schools will be having games at full capacity (100k+ for PSU for example) and masks won't be required since it's outdoors.