More than half a month after the outbreak, Fauci, the chief medical advisor of the White House, announced at a press conference that Washington D.C. has successfully achieved "herd immunity".
More than 90% of the people now have antibodies and can safely go out, no longer needing to stay at home.
The news brought a huge sigh of relief among the healthcare workers on the frontline, the National Guard enforcing the lockdown, and the over 700,000 residents who had been under strict quarantine.
Fauci almost entirely adopted more than a dozen emergency plans drafted by Zhou Qingfeng — providing subsidies, gradually lifting restrictions, and recruiting medical volunteers for aftermath management.
The White House acknowledged this and did not raise excessive doubts or make significant changes.
All the bureaucrats in this power center knew well how chaotic and terrible their response had been in the early stages of the pandemic.
