**Dr. Anthony Fauci: ‘It Is Entirely Conceivable’ That COVID-19 Could Become Endemic**
**BY JEANNA SMIALOWSKI
MAY 20, 2022 / 3:03 PM / CBS NEWS**
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the U.S. due to the Omicron BA.2 subvariant, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, warned that the virus could become endemic, meaning it would never fully go away.
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