Posted on 06/20/2020 8:20:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
WASHINGTON — Leading members of the coronavirus task force warned White House officials about the health risks of holding large-scale indoor campaign rallies and advised against such mass gatherings, according to two people familiar with the discussions.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, and task force response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx both vocalized concerns internally in the last week about the safety of holding a rally on Saturday with as many as 19,000 people in an enclosed arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
But President Donald Trump and his campaign advisers are proceeding with the event, which is expected to draw tens of thousands inside and outside the venue who will neither be socially distant nor required to wear face coverings. They claim attendees “assume a personal risk” and “that is part of life.”
It has been nearly two months since the last coronavirus task force briefing and four weeks since Birx answered questions about the coronavirus pandemic from the White House briefing room.
Vice President Mike Pence, the head of the group, and his top aides have at times flouted their own administration’s guidance, opting not to wear masks during trips in recent weeks.
While Pence and the president have tried to paint a rosier picture of the virus and project a return to normalcy, some members of the task force are eager to resume appearances from White House grounds and speak directly to the American people, per two people involved in the task force meetings.
There is no current plan to bring back the once-daily press conferences, according to a person close to Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, so he has found other outlets to offer his medical advice.
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Frankly, not news. I would have been shocked if Fauci and Birx had actually approved the rally.
Big yawn!! NBC and Fauci/Birx are considered irrelevant now.
Free zinc infused tonic water at the door:)
There was a point where he said we should be locked down until there are "0" cases.
RELEASE THE MOLOTOV COCKTAILS MEN, AND LET THE LOOTING COMMENCE!
They are getting their talking points from Antifa and Soros
No kidding
According to two people familiar with the matter this is fake news.
Step aside Emperor Norton we now have Emperor Fauci.
Who cares. They got everything else wrong. So don’t expect them to get this right. And by the way. They are doctors. This has nothing to do with politics. We want a campaign. We want to choose our leaders. That trumps, the virus. Elections are far more important than virus’. We even have elections during the world wars, and the civil war. Doctors should have nothing to say about it.
...and a vacine.
These two should have been fired in February.
“Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert,” He is incompetent and unprepared for this Wuhan Virus. Remember he told American that 2.5mm citizens would die from it. He is in love with himself, the TV, the interviews, his name mentioned every minute of every day but wait he has been wrong every minute of every day. Glad that President Trump has frozen him out.
A corrected title, per new yawk times precedent.
They will eventually resign, like so many other Trump appointed cabinet members.
They will then, like John Bolton, write their “tell-all” book.
The pattern repeats itself.
Fauci and Birx time has come and gone! We wish to hear from you no more!
And he’s a Leprechaun!
Fauxci.
Did they approve the riots though?
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