Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, pushed back against a claim made by Vice President Kamala Harris during an interview several days ago. Harris told the Los Angeles Times that the Biden administration did not anticipate the rise in COVID-19 variants, such as Delta or Omicron. “We didn’t see Delta coming. I think most scientists did not—upon whose advice and direction we have relied—didn’t see Delta coming,” Harris told the Los Angeles Times last week. “We didn’t see Omicron coming. And that’s the nature of what this, this awful virus has been, which as it turns out, has mutations and variants.” The vice president then conceded that the federal government has “not been victorious over it,” adding: “I don’t think that in any regard anyone can claim victory when, you know, there are 800,000 people who are dead because of this virus.” Several …