Former President Donald Trump's coronavirus testing czar, Admiral Brett Giroir, warned unvaccinated Americans Thursday during an appearance on Fox News Channel that they will get the Delta variant of COVID-19.
'Let me tell you, if you have not been vaccinated and you have not had COVID before, you will get the Delta variant,' Giroir said. 'This is so infectious that you will get it.'
Giroir spoke with Fox's John Roberts and Sandra Smith, telling the anchors, 'It is just a matter of time,' that unvaccinated Americans contract the Delta variant of COVID-19.
Admiral Brett Giroir, who was in charge of coronavirus testing efforts during former President Donald Trump's administration, warned on Fox News Channel Thursday that unvaccinated Americans 'will get the Delta variant'
Assistant Secretary of Public Health Admiral Brett Giroir (right) is photographed in the White Hosue Rose Garden alongside former President Donald Trump. On Thursday he implored unvaccinated Americans to get their jabs
Admiral Brett Giroir (left) watches former President Donald Trump (right) answer questions in the White House briefing room in April 2020. Giroir criticized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for not releasing data alongside the agency's new masking guidance
'If you have prior immunity, you do have some protection, but more and more data are telling us that that protection is not so good against Delta,' Giroir added.
He used flu shots to provide an example.
'Remember, you can get the flu every year. It's not because your immunity