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Top members of Coronavirus task force including Fauci and Birx, advised against Trump's Tulsa rally
NBC News ^ | 06/20/2020 | By Monica Alba, Carol E. Lee and Kristen Welker

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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: birx; fauci; rally; tulsa
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To: SeekAndFind

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.


21 posted on 06/20/2020 8:41:53 AM PDT by tennmountainman (The Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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Fuqum


22 posted on 06/20/2020 8:42:50 AM PDT by dsrtsage (Complexity is merely simplicity lacking imagination)
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To: SeekAndFind

Just call it a herd immunity field trial of 20,000 volunteeers


23 posted on 06/20/2020 8:47:50 AM PDT by silverleaf (Great Things Never Come from Comfort Zones)
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To: Bonemaker

FAO XI!


24 posted on 06/20/2020 8:48:40 AM PDT by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement!)
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To: SeekAndFind
Fauci is not a leading expert. His 15 minutes of fame are over. Fool me once shame on me. We won’t be fooled again.

How many ventilators does NYC need ? Everything he said has been proven wrong or at best half right. We crashed our economy for this ?

25 posted on 06/20/2020 8:49:10 AM PDT by Newbomb Turk
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Well then, we shall rename our MAGA rallies "peaceful protests" then.

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!


26 posted on 06/20/2020 8:49:40 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Can I trust that you and I will get out and vote for Trump, this November!)
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To: Sacajaweau

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.


27 posted on 06/20/2020 8:51:26 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it wil)
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To: silverleaf

RE: Just call it a herd immunity field trial of 20,000 volunteeers

Where are the other hundreds of thousands who requested tickets?


28 posted on 06/20/2020 8:52:27 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it wil)
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To: SeekAndFind

Imagine that. A couple of Hillary lovers want to see Trump lose.


29 posted on 06/20/2020 8:56:58 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (China kills over 450,000 and the sheeple sleep. Cops kill one person, and cities burn.)
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To: SeekAndFind
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.

30 posted on 06/20/2020 8:57:40 AM PDT by Bratch (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I used to care what they think, but no more. They helped get us into this mess.


31 posted on 06/20/2020 9:05:21 AM PDT by Not A Snowbird (I trust President Trump.)
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To: SeekAndFind

But Fox and Birksey didn’t say jack sh!t about the violent protests.


32 posted on 06/20/2020 9:05:25 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: SeekAndFind

The big lie of 2020.


33 posted on 06/20/2020 9:07:05 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: SeekAndFind

He also outsourced the virus research to China because it was illegal to do here.


34 posted on 06/20/2020 9:07:38 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: SeekAndFind

NBC should be planning on a anti trust lawsuit and a civil one in England .


35 posted on 06/20/2020 9:09:01 AM PDT by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists)
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To: SeekAndFind

what if everyone goes there to ‘hook up’ for casual sex- will fauci be for it then?


36 posted on 06/20/2020 9:09:54 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: SeekAndFind

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”


37 posted on 06/20/2020 9:12:45 AM PDT by stylin19a ( 2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: nwrep

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.


38 posted on 06/20/2020 9:15:05 AM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: SeekAndFind

How did they feel about riots?


39 posted on 06/20/2020 9:15:08 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Would I go? Probably not but I defend other people’s right to peaceable gather.


40 posted on 06/20/2020 9:21:00 AM PDT by gunnut
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