Fauci commends Gavin Newsom for mandating COVID vaccine for students

CNN’s Dana Bash spoke with Fauci Sunday and asked if “other states should follow California’s lead.”

“I’m not going to be recommending things to other states,” Fauci responded. “But I think what the governor did in California was something that was sound judgment.”

Bash also asked him about people seeking religious exemptions from the covid-19 vaccines.

Fauci recalled people claiming exemptions from the measles vaccines years ago and argued, “People sometimes confuse a philosophical objection with a religious objection. When you talk about actually established religions, there are so few of those that actually will not allow you to get vaccinated.”