Posted on 04/13/2020 7:14:04 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Dr. Anthony Fauci said he is hopeful that U.S. citizens will be able to head to the polls in November as they would in any other past election, but with the uncertainty of how the Wuhan coronavirus could “rebound,” the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said he couldn’t “guarantee it.”
The answer came after CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Fauci whether people would be able to “physically” vote.
“I hope so, Jake,” he responded. “I can’t guarantee it. I believe that if we have a good, measured way of rolling into this, steps towards normality, that we hope by the time we get to November that we’ll be able to do it in a way which is the standard way. However, and I don’t want to be the pessimistic person, there is always the possibility, as we get into next fall and the beginning of early winter, that we could see a rebound. And hopefully, hopefully, what we’ve gone through now, and the capability that we have, for much, much better testing capability, much, much better serosurveillance capability, and the ability to respond with countermeasures, with drugs that work, that it will be an entirely different ball game.”
Fauci said he hopes a rebound doesn’t occur but that he’s a realist and we have to be prepared. “Hopefully we’ll be able to respond to that rebound in a much more effective way than what we see now in January, February, March,” he said.
The exchange comes as Democrats have been pushing mail-in voting.
President Trump has denounced that type of voting, however, as being rife with cheating.
“I think a lot of people cheat with mail in voting. I think people should vote with ID, voter ID. I think voter ID is very important and the reason they don’t want voter ID is because they intend to cheat,” he said at a recent press briefing. “It should be you go to a booth and you proudly display yourself. You don’t send it in the mail where people pick up. All sorts of bad things can happen by the time they sign that, if they sign that, if they sign that, by the time it gets in and it’s tabulated. No, it shouldn’t be mailed in. You should vote at the booth and you should have voter ID. Because when you have voter ID, that’s the real deal.”
aaaaannnnddd now they show their cards.... hahahahahaha.
what a scam. I really am disappointed in Fauci. But 30-40 years working for the government can warp someone.
Let’s just dump stacks of ballots on every street corner in America.
Not if this little control freak punk has his way.
What a little weasel, way too much non specific science and no positive anecdotal statements.
Falsey thinks we can keep it shut down indefinitely because he’s got his. The peasants don’t need to eat.
Democrats stay home.
Fauci reminds me a lot of Judge Lance Ito during the OJ Simpson trial. He’s loving the spotlight far too much, and acting the fool as a result.
When our country first started people walked miles to vote.
Just tell the Rats to not forget to vote this November 4th.
Voting booths are an essential service, last I checked, kind of like supermarkets or THC dispensaries.
I’m sure this guy worked hard in school and knows a lot of stuff, but I’m not really interested in his opinion on this subject. The only thing that will be keeping people from the polls are the government or fear. And those that don’t go because of fear have no business voting anyway.
He’s a realist....my a**. “Chances are miniscule” “Don’t worry” “China was crazy for shutting everything down. It would never happen here”
Not his call.
Right, if it was up to this little rat no in person voting, and if he had the power he would do it right now.
Throw Fauci in the dust bin of Hillary Rejects. Only the Democrat media loves him. He is wrong in all his predictions, has contradicted himself many times, and has caused great harm to our country.
Fauci reminds me a lot of Judge Lance Ito during the OJ Simpson trial. He’s loving the spotlight far too much, and acting the fool as a result.
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Many years ago, I was summoned to a courthouse for jury service...It was after the OJ fiasco...
I ended up in Judge Ito’s courtroom...I sat there for possible jury selection...I was not picked. I thought Judge Ito had a sense of humor...
I am indeed of getting tired of Dr. F...
This guy’s role should be exclusively to advise the President and the Task Force. Not to give interviews to the media. He has no business making any statement about any policy issue, or to give any opinion on anything other that the virus and it’s impact on patients. He’s completely off the reservation.
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