This Is When Dr. Fauci Says We Will Have Beaten COVID

Eight months into the pandemic, and most experts seem to agree that eradicating COVID-19 is an achievement that is still a long way off—if it's even possible. But we may be able to contain it on a much shorter timeline. But what will containing and controlling coronavirus look like? How will we know we've succeeded? In an Aug. 6 town hall with Healthline, Anthony Fauci, MD, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), was asked what would have to happen for him to believe that the U.S. has beaten COVID, and he presented a single indicator.