Fauci calls China's COVID policy extreme, also says lockdowns would be fine if everyone got vaccinated

Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared on CNN on Monday where he said that while China's 'zero-COVID' policy that has resulted in mass lockdowns is extreme, temporary lockdowns, presumably similar in nature, would be fine if they also resulted in mass vaccinations.

"If the purpose is, 'Let's get all the people vaccinated, particularly the elderly,' then okay, for a temporary period of time to do that," Fauci told host Jake Tapper (emphasis added). "But they have very, very strict type of a lockdown."

"When you're talking about shutting things down, it should always be a temporary phenomenon, not a long-range strategy," he said.

Dr. Fauci says communist China's draconian "zero Covid" policies would be fine if the purpose was to force everyone to get vaccinated:

“If the purpose is ‘let’s get all the people vaccinated, particularly the elderly,’ then OK...” pic.twitter.com/XUbOXC1tgO — Young Americans for Liberty (@YALiberty) November 29, 2022

"You should do it with a purpose in mind to allow you to open," Fauci added. "And the best purpose is, while you're shutting down, get as many people vaccinated as you possibly can with a good vaccine."