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\"You said the companies should be scaling up, but many of those companies say that President Biden’s plan to have these patent waivers is going to prevent them from scaling up -- it’s going to hamper the supply chain and actually set back the vaccine production effort,\" Stephanopoulos said.

\"I don’t think that’s the case, George. They can scale up.\" Fauci replied. \"They’ve done an extraordinary amount. You’ve got to give them credit. They’ve really just really done something that is really quite impressive in the way they’ve gotten their vaccine supply up and out for the rest of the world.\"

\"I think the waiving of the patents and the TRIPs is not going to necessarily interfere with that right now,\" Fauci continued, referencing the WTO's Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement, which provide global patent protections.

Dr. Anthony Fauci responds to criticism that the Biden administration's decision to support waiving COVID-19 patents could hamper the supply chain: \"I don't think that's the case George, they can scale up.\" https://t.co/ZDW8CrXSez pic.twitter.com/2oJuNxnNmp

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\"The endgame of this all, George, is going to be to get people vaccinated,\" Fauci said.

India is currently experiencing a devastating surge of COVID-19 with record-breaking cases, hospitalizations and deaths. The country's health care system is teetering on the edge of collapse as hospitals are overcrowded and much-needed medical supplies are in low supply.

Last week, the U.S. government, non-profit and private sector organizations began sending shipments of aid to India.

Dr. Anthony Fauci on the COVID-19 crisis in India: \"The end game of this all, George, is going to be to get people vaccinated.\" https://t.co/ZDW8CrXSez pic.twitter.com/tErbWcRm8f

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) May 9, 2021

Back in the U.S., more than 151 million Americans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, prompting some criticism of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's indoor mask guidance, suggesting it's too stringent.

\"You've had experts like the former head of the (Food and Drug Administration), Scott Gottlieb, say it's time to start relaxing the indoor mask mandates. Is he right?\" Stephanopoulos asked.

\"I think so,\" Fauci responded, adding that the CDC will be updating their recommendations and guidelines in real time.

\"We do need to start being more liberal as we get more people vaccinated,\" Fauci said.

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