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 administrations 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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So who leaked this?
Fauci or Birx. Both should be fired.
Where were Fauci and Birx on warning tens of thousands
of BLM rioters and looters?
Nowhere to be found.
Fuqum
Just call it a herd immunity field trial of 20,000 volunteeers
FAO XI!
How many ventilators does NYC need ? Everything he said has been proven wrong or at best half right. We crashed our economy for this ?
Good. If one can protest, one should be able to do whatever else he/she/it wants to. Just don't go to church!
Again, Whatever else he/she/it wants to do. Just don't go to church!
RE: There was a point where he said we should be locked down until there are “0” cases.
He also said earlier:
1. That the danger of the Coronavirus to the public is LOW.
2. Then a little later, he said that we should not shake people’s hands again until we have a proven vaccine.
RE: Just call it a herd immunity field trial of 20,000 volunteeers
Where are the other hundreds of thousands who requested tickets?
Imagine that. A couple of Hillary lovers want to see Trump lose.
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.
I used to care what they think, but no more. They helped get us into this mess.
But Fox and Birksey didn’t say jack sh!t about the violent protests.
The big lie of 2020.
He also outsourced the virus research to China because it was illegal to do here.
NBC should be planning on a anti trust lawsuit and a civil one in England .
what if everyone goes there to ‘hook up’ for casual sex- will fauci be for it then?
i looked all over and i can’t find the NBC story headlined:
“Top members of Coronavirus task force including Fauci and Birx, advised against protests”
Of course they did. Does not matter if you are in a crowd of 100 protesters or 1000 rally goers. You only have to be exposed to one contagious person to be at risk of getting the virus. If sick people stay home and people considered high risk stay home or take precautions that risk is mitigated a good deal.
How did they feel about riots?
Would I go? Probably not but I defend other peoples right to peaceable gather.
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