Posted on 06/30/2020 11:35:11 AM PDT by Nero Germanicus
Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, warned members of Congress on Monday that the U.S. could reach 100,000 new COVID-19 cases per day if the country does not get a handle on the pandemic.
Speaking before the Senate health committee, Fauci said the country is heading in the “wrong direction as the average number of daily cases continues to go up.
“We’re going in the wrong direction if you look at the curves of the new cases,” said Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. “We need to do something about that and we need to do it very quickly.”
The U.S. is now recording 40,000 new cases per day, surpassing previous records set in April when New York was the epicenter of the outbreak.
Now outbreaks in Texas, Arizona, Florida and California account for 50 percent of new infections in the U.S.
Fauci stressed that the U.S. can’t just focus on those four states because outbreaks there "puts the entire country at risk."
Fauci declined to estimate potential COVID-19 deaths when pressed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), but said the situation is “going to be very disturbing, I will guarantee you that because when you have an outbreak in one part of the country, even though in other parts of the country they're doing well, they are vulnerable.”
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BTTT!!
WuFlu or no WuFlu, people generally wash their hands and refrain from touching their faces to prevent illness.
I will not “keep away from people”.
I will not “wear a face mask”.
It’s not my job to “protect others” except my family. If people are afraid, they can crawl behind their sofas and take responsibility for their own wellbeing.
“If we do these simple steps we can keep our economy going and opening more.” How arrogant. This “we” of whom you speak: Do you have a turd in your pocket?
You are on the WRONG forum. This is for freedom-loving people.
Being a bureaucrat is the safest profession in America.
Yes...he’s done it for 53 years.
I know Trump doesn’t have hiring and firing authority over the agencies, but he should get Fauci out of there. For one thing, there’s no way an 81 year old, 53 yr government employee should be in charge of anything.
And this isn’t “ageist,” it’s simply a fact of life. If he were just 81 and in private industry, that might be fine, because he’d have had to stay current to keep his job. But as a “civil servant,” he doesn’t have to do a darn thing except stay there.
Seeing this is freedom loving forum, we are just going to have to agree to disagree on this one.
Fair enough. Cheers!
Our government should gas bomb the protestors and knock them out and put them in a huge arena somewhere. That would slow down the spread.
Cheers to you too!
Attention whore says what?
The whole point of this is lockdown until the election, so that the Demonrats can "harvest" enough ballots to steal an election.
I won't wear the mask except at work, where I have to wear it to keep my job. Thanks to Karens like you in the Zampolit HR department.
OK, Karen.
You don’t have a big problem with it because you are a Fearper and a Karen. Wear the face diaper all you want. But LEAVE the rest of us ALONE!
It is ALL about politics, Karen.
We won’t comply, Karen. Will you make us?
Biden loves him.
Yep, the new one is called “pool testing”
Trying to rope the symptom free.
I know what Goebbels looked like. You’re right.
Our domestic enemies would make Goebbels blush with envy.
Hey Steve.
I don’t think I am saying you need to comply. I am just explaining my position on the importance of following proper health measures to get all of us over the hurdle. As I have said to others, we will just have to agree to disagree.
If I was a “Karen”, I would be “telling” you to wear the mask and notifying public health that you are violating the law. I am not.
“Hes a DEMOCRAT COUP PLOTTER! GO AWAY YOU FRAUD”
EXACTLY. FAUXI ALERT! Softkill Eugenicist.
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