If Biden beats Donald Trump, after the inauguration, Fauci will say no more shutdowns, sources with an understanding of Fauci's reasoning believe.
Posted on 07/09/2020 9:20:07 AM PDT by RandFan
Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, said Thursday that hard-hit states should not be moving forward with reopening, but stopped short of calling for full shutdowns.
"I would think we need to get the states pausing in their opening process, looking at what did not work well and try to mitigate that," Fauci, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, told The Hill's Steve Clemons. "I don't think we need to go back to an extreme of shutting down."
Fauci struck a different note than he did a day earlier in an interview with The Wall Street Journal when he said states should consider shutdowns.
"I think any state that is having a serious problem, that state should seriously look at shutting down," he said Wednesday. "It's not for me to say because each state is different."
On Thursday, though, he softened his remarks, saying, "I would hope we don't have to resort to shutdown."
He added that shutdowns "would not be viewed very favorably."
Speaking at an event hosted by The Hill and sponsored by the Biosimilars Forum, he said hard-hit states should take steps like closing bars, which many have done in recent days, and avoiding large gatherings.
He pointed to California, Arizona, Texas and Florida as accounting for 50 percent of new infections.
"We've got to get them to do very fundamental things," Fauci said. "Closing bars, avoiding congregations of large numbers of people, getting the citizenry in those states to wear masks, maintain six foot distance, [and washing hands]."
"If we can do that consistently, I would tell you almost certainly you're going to see a downturn in those infections," he added.
As new cases have spiked to around 60,000 per day in the United States, Fauci had a somber assessment.
"We've been hit harder than any country in the world," he said.
In contrast, President Trump has continued to downplay the worsening outbreak, tweeting on Thursday that the new cases are simply the result of more testing, despite experts widely saying that is not true. Experts point out that the percentage of tests that come back positive is rising as are hospitalizations in key states, signs that the outbreak cannot be blamed solely on more testing.
Trump also earlier encouraged states to quickly reopen their economies.
Fauci said Thursday that some Southern states now being hit hard reopened too soon, and not in accordance with the benchmarks in the White House guidelines.
"What we've seen, unfortunately, is that in some of the southern states, the states have not really followed those guidelines in some respects and jumped over the benchmarks," Fauci said.
Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said Thursday that hard-hit states should not be moving forward with reopening, but stopped short of calling for full shutdowns.
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Says the man with a secure, well-paying j-o-b.
This part of the article seems to indicate that you are right.
Fauci struck a different note than he did a day earlier in an interview with The Wall Street Journal when he said states should consider shutdowns.
“I think any state that is having a serious problem, that state should seriously look at shutting down,” he said Wednesday. “It’s not for me to say because each state is different.”
On Thursday, though, he softened his remarks, saying, “I would hope we don’t have to resort to shutdown.”
He added that shutdowns “would not be viewed very favorably.”
That means he got rebuked by either Trump or Pence after the first statement. And just like he did in that hearing with Rand Paul when challenged he starts weaseling.
If Biden beats Donald Trump, after the inauguration, Fauci will say no more shutdowns, sources with an understanding of Fauci's reasoning believe.
I thought the POTUS put a muzzle on this yappy little poodle
FaucU
IIRC the average death age is somewhere in the 80s.
Pence definitely brought Birx in. Not so sure about Fauci. But Pence has been as exposed as just horrible through all this.
Still, the buck stops with Trump, who is the one with the power to change things. Or so we can hope. There is a reasonable case to be made via circumstantial evidence that he is being handled (by Kushner) and kept in line for the major stuff.
Fauci: Science shows hydroxychloroquine is not effective as a coronavirus treatment
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/27/politics/anthony-fauci-hydroxychloroquine-trump-cnntv/index.html
Fauci is a bureaucrat and nothing more he has not been in the medical field for DECADES he is simply full of shit, has no idea what the hell he is talking about!! On my next door app I have seen people call him absolutely BRILLIANT what the hell has he done ONE TIME that was brilliant!! He is a bloviating BIG FAT NOTHING!!!
Check out this video— I had not heard about this.
This seems ligitmate. Have not heard anything about this COVID treatment until this e-mail from a friend. Doesn’t sound like an infomercial.
Subject: Dr. Richard Bartlett | ACWT Interview 7.2.20 proposed effective COVID treatment
Budesonide 0.5mg Nebuliser Suspension works better than the (Inhaler) because it gets into the lungs faster & absorbs into the Inflamed tissues of the lungs for COVID-19 patients. Used with antibiotic does help cure a lot of the COVID-19 Patients... So glad to hear this from Dr. Bartlett, please continue to keep everyone informed... Thank you Dr. Bartlett
Send the gnome back to his garden.
That’s OK, I’m sure the other Freeper would’t mind his comments being echoed on the board. :)
I don’t see any leash on him at all. He’s running his mouth everyday.
“”””We’ve been hit harder than any country in the world,” he said.”””
And maybe the reason for that sad fact is due to the total incompetence of Fauci.
Only a fool would say: “I am the CHIEF INFECTIOUS DISEASE DOCTOR and under my leadership our country has the worst record.”
The Trump administration has already refused to let him testify before a House committee at least twice in the last few months.
Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert”
Wrong.
Screw Fauci
So what? Fauci effectively testifies in pubic every day. He gets his message out at will.
Agree
I heard Trump
wanted to get rid of Birx early in his administration, but was talked out of it by Ivanka and Pence
Fauci is Trumps biggest problem for his re-election
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