Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday stated that Americans traveling to locations with a low COVID-19 vaccination rate should “go above and beyond” and use a mask even if they are totally vaccinated.NBCs “Meet the Press” anchor Chuck Todd stated that Mississippi has the lowest vaccination rate in the United States and asked Fauci whether he would use a mask if he was traveling there, prompting him to say, “I think there would be a good reason to do that.””I believe there would be a good reason to do that because as weve stated so frequently that vaccines are not, even as good as they are and highly effective, absolutely nothing is 100%,” Fauci stated. “And if you put yourself in an environment in which you have a high level of viral characteristics and a very low level of vaccine you may wish to go the additional action and state, When Im in that location where theres a significant degree of viral circulation, I may wish to go above and beyond, to be cautious enough to make certain that I get the additional included level of security although the vaccines themselves are highly reliable.”Earlier in the interview, Todd noted that there were nearly 10,000 COVID-19 deaths in the United States throughout June and asked Fauci how many of the deaths were an outcome of not being immunized and whether they were preventable.COLUMBIA PROFESSOR WHO THANKED FAUCI FOR WUHAN LAB MESSAGING HAS LINKS TO CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY MEMBERS”If you take a look at the variety of deaths, about 99.2% of them are unvaccinated about 0.8% are vaccinated. no vaccine is ideal, but when you discuss the avoidability of hospitalization and deaths, Chuck, its terrible and really unfortunate that most all of these are preventable and avoidable,” Fauci said.”Obviously, theres gon na be some individuals due to the fact that of the variability among people and their reaction to vaccine, that youll see some who are immunized and still enter trouble and get hospitalized and die, however the overwhelming percentage of individuals who enter difficulty are the unvaccinated which is the reason that we state this is actually entirely preventable and preventable,” he continued.Todd asked Fauci how he was dealing with the attacks from critics over his messaging throughout the pandemic. Fauci called the attacks “noise” and “rubbish,” adding, “I simply focus on my task. And when I focus on my job, Im great.”CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPLast month, Fauci appeared on New York Times author Kara Swishers podcast, “Sway,” where he declared that attacks on him are “in fact criticizing science.””It is essential as a researcher that you evolve your viewpoint and your suggestions based upon the data as it develops … whichs the reason I say people who then criticize me about that are in fact criticizing science,” he said.