Posted on 06/30/2020 11:35:11 AM PDT by Nero Germanicus
Anthony Fauci, the nations 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.
Were 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. cant 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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Fauci was in a hearing today where Rand Paul ripped him a new one for over six minutes about how other countries have reopened schools safely and there is no reason he should keep pouring cold water on the idea. Also took a shot at him for trying to tell the NFL they could not play.
Ever the weasel, Fauci equivocated, backtracked, claimed he actually agreed with Rand and had been taken out of context.
And then he throws out the 100,000 mega scare number. He can not be trusted and Trump needs to kick his ass to the curb yesterday.
My name is not Karen.
You seriously think washing your hands and not touching your face won’t help nevermind the other recommendations, even approved by the Task Force set up by POTUS himself? Yikes.
We are just going to have agree to disagree.
(Sentiment stolen and slightly modified from FR's Cold Heart)
Is there a large population of overweight minorities with diabetes in Miami, it would be very interesting to KNOW how much of the populations are overweight with diabetes and pre diabetes THIS has been a HUGE factor in this virus!!
I don’t need your help and didn’t ask for it.
People who are trying to get back to work need the help and following these simple steps will help us open up, get more people back to work and not shut us back down.
Oh please, Karen. Of course washing your hands and not touching your face works. Nobody is advocating against cleanliness. People are resisting the ridiculous notion that masks should be forced or that people should be shamed into wearing them to please a bunch of whiny Karens.
Right....which means 200,000 tests per day.
Fauci is Deep State and theyre doing all they can to slow down re-opening and recovery. - Its all to hurt Trump.
Who the F is this guy anyways?
Apparently the President can’t fire him without the press going absolute APESHIT.
November can’t get here soon enough..
....and aren’t the number of cases among the healthy people supposed to happen? Isn’t that herd immunity?
This is about public health, in my mind, and not politics.
Absolutely. When I want public “health advice” the first place I go is Pelosi and McConnell. Don’t be duped. The Mask Mafia do not have our best interest at heart.
Fauci was in a hearing today where Rand Paul ripped him a new one for over six minutes about how other countries have reopened schools safely and there is no reason he should keep pouring cold water on the idea. Also took a shot at him for trying to tell the NFL they could not play.
Ever the weasel, Fauci equivocated, backtracked, claimed he actually agreed with Rand and had been taken out of context.
And then he throws out the 100,000 mega scare number. He can not be trusted and Trump needs to kick his ass to the curb yesterday.
Yes and in the run up to this hearing “weasel” Lamar Alexander was busy undermining POTUS and demanding he wear a mask.
Lying little drama queen... Look a me. I am important.
That, too. They’re going all out.
That's not true.
California, actually. New York was 9th.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
A today isn't looking good for them making a comeback either:
Maybe Cuomo finally stopped tossing sick people into nursing homes.
3,300 days.
You only need to say it once.
Miami had higher numbers of deaths than elsewhere in FL, but Miami has a higher number of old people...from New York City.
As for “cases,” I thought the whole thing was to hope that a lot of people got it, had a mild or even unnoticed case, and then were immune. So they did...and a lot of these are not people who have “cases,” in the sense of hacking, gasping, dying on the streets (media version) but actually are just people testing positive for having had it sometime in the last few months. And they’re over it. Non-communicable. Safe. It’s all good.
Florida has done well.
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