Anthony Fauci Reveals What Still Baffles Him About The COVID-19 Pandemic
3 years, 10 months ago

Anthony Fauci Reveals What Still Baffles Him About The COVID-19 Pandemic

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Dr. Anthony Fauci revealed Tuesday how he’s still baffled by some people’s refusal to accept the gravity of COVID-19, which has now killed more than 500,000 Americans. Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious diseases expert, told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota that it’s pained him to see hospitals overrun with coronavirus patients in some of the same regions where deniers have called the pandemic a “hoax” or “fake news.” “How could you possibly say that when people in your own state, your own city, your own county, are dying?” asked Fauci, who serves as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical officer for President Joe Biden’s administration. “To me, that just boggled me, and it still does — how reality can just be put aside in denying the seriousness of the situation we are in,” he continued. You can’t deny that.” A low point of the pandemic has been “when people deny the reality of what’s actually happening,” Fauci added.

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Trump’s botched COVID response has been largely forgotten, but it's crucial we remember
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s botched COVID response has been largely forgotten, but it's crucial we remember

Salon  

At a campaign event in Allentown, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump asked the crowd a question Ronald Reagan also asked voters in the 1980 election against Jimmy Carter, and one many presidents before have asked. “People are still framing questions like that as if where we were four years ago was not in the early stages of a …

Why Anthony Fauci approaches every trip to the White House as if it's his last
6 months, 1 week ago

Why Anthony Fauci approaches every trip to the White House as if it's his last

NPR  

Why Anthony Fauci approaches every trip to the White House as if it's his last toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images For much of the past four years, Dr. Anthony Fauci has been the public face of the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic — a status that garnered him gratitude from some, and condemnation from others. On working with President …

Opinion: GOP would rather demonize Fauci than help us survive next pandemic
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: GOP would rather demonize Fauci than help us survive next pandemic

LA Times  

A presidential news briefing during the pandemic, with Dr. Anthony Fauci at right. Ostensibly, the grilling, which was billed simply as “A Hearing with Anthony Fauci,” was the culmination of the committee’s 15-month inquiry into the origins of the virus and the public health response. As the committee’s ranking Democratic member, Rep. Raul Ruiz of Indio, put it in a …

Covid-19 social distancing was not based on scientific data, Fauci admits
11 months, 1 week ago

Covid-19 social distancing was not based on scientific data, Fauci admits

Hindustan Times  

Former White House medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci recently admitted that the Covid-19 pandemic guidelines likely lacked scientific background. The 83-year-old confessed to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on Tuesday that “six feet” social distancing “sort of just appeared.” According to a statement released today from the committee's Chairman, Rep. Brad Wenstrup, Fauci also acknowledged that the …

Did Trump let Americans die purely for political purposes?
1 year, 5 months ago

Did Trump let Americans die purely for political purposes?

Raw Story  

Kentucky MAGA Republican James Comer, Chair of the House Oversight Committee, has been exposed as basically a con man with his phony Hunter Biden bribe witness. It was the day that caused Jared Kushner to decide that letting Black and Hispanic Americans in Blue states die of Covid — yes, intentionally using the force of law and social pressure to …

Vaccinated people now make majority of COVID deaths in US: Report
2 years, 1 month ago

Vaccinated people now make majority of COVID deaths in US: Report

India TV News  

In a startling revelation, a Washington Post analysis has found that more vaccinated people are now dying of the Covid disease and 58 per cent of coronavirus deaths in August in the US "were people who were vaccinated or boosted". The death among vaccinated people is increasing due to the waning efficacy of Covid vaccines and "increasingly contagious strains of …

Dr Fauci pushes back on Biden’s claim the Covid pandemic is over
2 years, 3 months ago

Dr Fauci pushes back on Biden’s claim the Covid pandemic is over

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Anthony Fauci said on Monday that the US is not …

Coronavirus Today: Who’s dying of COVID-19 now?
2 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus Today: Who’s dying of COVID-19 now?

LA Times  

I’m Karen Kaplan, and it’s Tuesday, Sept. 20. At a time when vaccines, boosters, medications and antibody treatments are plentiful, when hospitals have the bandwidth to care for patients who are seriously ill, and when, as White House COVID-⁠19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said, “most COVID-19 deaths are preventable,” you’ve got to wonder: Who is dying of COVID-19 now? …

End of Covid-19 pandemic is in sight, WHO director-general says, ‘so let’s seize this opportunity’
2 years, 3 months ago

End of Covid-19 pandemic is in sight, WHO director-general says, ‘so let’s seize this opportunity’

CNN  

CNN — The world has never been in a better position to end the Covid-19 pandemic, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, said in a news briefing in Geneva on Wednesday. “Last week, the number of weekly reported deaths from Covid-19 was the lowest since March 2020,” he said. Now is the time to run harder and …

Fauci to step down after decades as top US infection expert
2 years, 4 months ago

Fauci to step down after decades as top US infection expert

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert who became a household name — and the subject of partisan attacks — during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will leave the federal government in December after more than five decades. Fauci became the face of the government response to COVID-19 as it hit in early 2020, with …

Dr Anthony Fauci, face of US pandemic response, to step down
2 years, 4 months ago

Dr Anthony Fauci, face of US pandemic response, to step down

Al Jazeera  

Joe Biden thanks Fauci, the US president’s chief medical adviser, for his decades of ‘dedicated’ public service. Dr Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert in the United States who emerged as the public face of the country’s COVID-19 pandemic response, has announced that he will step down in December. After more than 50 years of government service, I plan …

As US reaches one million COVID deaths, how are Americans coping?
2 years, 7 months ago

As US reaches one million COVID deaths, how are Americans coping?

Al Jazeera  

The torrent of coronavirus deaths, along with prolonged social isolation and financial hardship, have traumatised many. “Seeing that blow-by-blow of continuous death every single day would debilitate anyone,” Marlow told Al Jazeera. They’d be better off without me.” And she is far from alone: the collective stress, grief and trauma of the pandemic has had an undeniable effect on mental …

Fauci: US in ‘a different moment’ but pandemic not over
2 years, 7 months ago

Fauci: US in ‘a different moment’ but pandemic not over

Associated Press  

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday the coronavirus is under better control in the United States. “We are in a different moment of the pandemic,” said Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, in an interview with The Associated Press. “By no means does that mean the pandemic is over.” His comments came a day after he said on the PBS …

Opinion: What’s behind the attacks on Dr. Fauci
3 years ago

Opinion: What’s behind the attacks on Dr. Fauci

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Sign up to get our weekly column as a newsletter. “During an appearance on Fox News Primetime on Monday, Logan equated Dr. Anthony Fauci – the top infectious diseases doctor in the United States and one of the world’s most respected scientists – with none other than Dr. Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor known as the ‘Angel of …

Editorial: We need a COVID postmortem so we do better with the next plague
3 years, 5 months ago

Editorial: We need a COVID postmortem so we do better with the next plague

LA Times  

The most troubling revelation in “The Premonition,” the recent book by California author Michael Lewis, was that during the first crucial first months of the COVID-19 pandemic no one was really in charge of our nation’s response. Moderate congressional Democrats known as the Blue Dog Coalition sent a letter to leaders in the House and Senate earlier this month urging …

Emails show Fauci was WARNED at the start of pandemic that COVID may have been 'engineered'
3 years, 6 months ago

Emails show Fauci was WARNED at the start of pandemic that COVID may have been 'engineered'

Daily Mail  

Anthony Fauci was warned that the coronavirus was possibly 'engineered' in a lab before the pandemic started, newly released emails show Leading virus experts were warning Dr Anthony Fauci COVID-19 may have been created in a lab while he publicly played such claims down, newly-released emails show. The emails show Fauci received 'a flurry of correspondence about the theory that …

Fauci’s emails during the pandemic’s early days were published. Here’s what they show about him
3 years, 6 months ago

Fauci’s emails during the pandemic’s early days were published. Here’s what they show about him

CNN  

CNN — Dr. Anthony Fauci was a regular on American televisions as the pandemic unfolded across the country and millions looked to the leading expert for insight and guidance on how to defeat the virus. He was fielding dozens of questions every day off screen too, answering emails from team members, former colleagues, old friends, reporters, producers, celebrities – and …

Anthony Fauci on what the US can learn from Australia's COVID-19 response — and vice versa
3 years, 8 months ago

Anthony Fauci on what the US can learn from Australia's COVID-19 response — and vice versa

ABC  

While the United States likes to describe itself as the leader of the free world, the coronavirus pandemic has hit it just as hard, if not worse, than many developing nations. Dr Fauci contrasted the "inconsistent response" of the United States with that of Australia's tough border and lockdown policy, which has kept the virus largely at bay here. "What …

US COVID deaths could have been ‘decreased substantially’
3 years, 8 months ago

US COVID deaths could have been ‘decreased substantially’

Al Jazeera  

Deborah Birx, Trump-era coordinator of the COVID task force, says the previous government’s pandemic response was lacking. The White House coronavirus task force coordinator under former President Donald Trump says she believes the COVID-19 death toll in the country would have been “decreased substantially” had the previous government responded more effectively in the early days of the outbreak. Dr Deborah …

Trump says US Covid cases, deaths exaggerated
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump says US Covid cases, deaths exaggerated

Live Mint  

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that the record-breaking numbers of new COVID-19 cases, nearly 300,000 in the past 24 hours, are exaggerated due to the Centers for Disease Control method of counting. "The number of cases and deaths of the China Virus is far exaggerated in the United States because of @CDCgov 's ridiculous method of determination compared …

Trump Rages Over His Own Administration's COVID-19 Death Toll: 'Fake News'
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump Rages Over His Own Administration's COVID-19 Death Toll: 'Fake News'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Donald Trump on Sunday baselessly accused his own administration of inflating the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the U.S. as the pandemic’s death toll ticked past 350,000 nationwide earlier in the day. “Fake News!” But some public health experts say the number of COVID-19 cases is actually likely underreported since many people infected with …

COVID fatalities in U.S. top 350,000. Refuting Trump, Fauci says deaths are ‘not fake’
3 years, 11 months ago

COVID fatalities in U.S. top 350,000. Refuting Trump, Fauci says deaths are ‘not fake’

LA Times  

Dr. Anthony Fauci, pictured receiving the coronavirus vaccine on Dec. 22, says Trump’s assertions that the COVID death toll have been exaggerated are false. As the U.S. COVID-19 death toll surpassed 350,000 Sunday, President Trump claimed the country’s fatality count toll was “far exaggerated,” an assertion that was quickly refuted by the nation’s top infectious-diseases expert. “We have not been …

A pandemic atlas: USA by the numbers, telling and horrifying
4 years ago

A pandemic atlas: USA by the numbers, telling and horrifying

Associated Press  

Month after dismal month, Americans have been inundated by an ever-rising tide of devastating numbers. By mid-December, five in every 100 Americans — more than 16 million — had been infected by COVID-19. But they don’t fully capture the multitude of ways, large and small, that the virus has upended and reconfigured everyday life in the U.S. For that, there …

COVID-19 Isn't Just A Trump Failure. It's a Right-Wing Failure Too.
4 years, 1 month ago

COVID-19 Isn't Just A Trump Failure. It's a Right-Wing Failure Too.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Voters are getting exactly the picture they should on the eve of Election Day: President Donald Trump in denial of an ongoing pandemic and actively participating in its spread. A Trumpy Approach To The Virus It is not surprising that a president who seeks economic advice from Lawrence Kudlow, whose record includes predicting Bill Clinton’s tax hikes …

Trump targets Fauci instead of COVID-19 as infections and deaths rise
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump targets Fauci instead of COVID-19 as infections and deaths rise

LA Times  

President Trump on Monday reignited his feud with the nation’s top infectious disease expert and said he was tired of hearing about the coronavirus as U.S. deaths from COVID-19 topped 220,000 and hospitalizations rose across the country, raising fears of a deadly third wave of infections as winter approaches. Politics Trump’s closing argument heavy on pleas, insults and contempt Begging …

Trump Rails Against 'Fauci And These Idiots' In Campaign Call
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump Rails Against 'Fauci And These Idiots' In Campaign Call

NPR  

Trump Rails Against 'Fauci And These Idiots' In Campaign Call Enlarge this image toggle caption Graeme Jennings/Pool/Getty Images Graeme Jennings/Pool/Getty Images President Trump, who has for months been at loggerheads with public health experts on how best to contain the coronavirus pandemic, on Monday called Dr. Anthony Fauci a "disaster" and complained that Americans are tired of hearing from "these …

Erin Burnett Dismantles One Of Donald Trump’s Most Repeated Lies About COVID-19
4 years, 2 months ago

Erin Burnett Dismantles One Of Donald Trump’s Most Repeated Lies About COVID-19

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Erin Burnett on Friday debunked one of President Donald Trump’s most repeated and dangerous lies about the coronavirus pandemic — that the United States is “rounding the turn” on the public health crisis. Trump has publicly claimed “for months and months and months” that the outbreak is almost over, noted the host of CNN’s “Outfront.” But Burnett …

‘An embarrassment': Trump tweet angers pandemic survivors
4 years, 2 months ago

‘An embarrassment': Trump tweet angers pandemic survivors

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — Dizzy with a soaring fever and unable to breathe, Scott Sedlacek had one thing going for him: He was among the first people to be treated for COVID-19 at Seattle’s Swedish Medical Center, and the doctors and nurses were able to give him plenty of attention. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!” He reiterated the …

More than 200,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the U.S.
4 years, 3 months ago

More than 200,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the U.S.

LA Times  

Nurses and healthcare workers light candles in an April demonstration at a New York hospital, mourning colleagues who have died of COVID-19. COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. surpassed 200,000 on Tuesday, as outbreaks of the disease flare in little-touched parts of the country and authorities brace for a rising caseload with the onset of autumn. The pandemic’s relentless progression has …

Fauci disagrees with Trump on coronavirus, cites disturbing US statistics
4 years, 3 months ago

Fauci disagrees with Trump on coronavirus, cites disturbing US statistics

Live Mint  

Top government infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Friday he disagreed with President Donald Trump's assessment the United States has "rounded the corner" on the coronavirus pandemic, saying the statistics are disturbing. Fauci, the outspoken director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the United States was starting the flu season with a high baseline …

Infectious Disease Experts On What Frustrates Them Most During COVID-19
4 years, 4 months ago

Infectious Disease Experts On What Frustrates Them Most During COVID-19

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As the coronavirus pandemic rages on in the United States, infectious disease experts continue to work tirelessly in spite of their exhaustion and frustration. Here’s what infectious disease experts told us is frustrating them the most at this stage of the pandemic: People are disobeying public health guidelines, putting themselves and others at risk. It is the …

US coronavirus: Dr. Fauci says rushing reopening could have devastating consequences
4 years, 4 months ago

US coronavirus: Dr. Fauci says rushing reopening could have devastating consequences

CNN  

CNN — The United States needs to get control of Covid-19 and carefully reopen the country, or the consequences could be devastating, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday. “It is now obvious to everyone that Covid-19 is not going away over the next five months,” Kansas City Health Department Director Dr. Rex Archer said in a news release Thursday. “You can’t …

US coronavirus: Dr. Fauci says rushing reopening could have devastating consequences
4 years, 4 months ago

US coronavirus: Dr. Fauci says rushing reopening could have devastating consequences

CNN  

CNN — The United States needs to get control of Covid-19 and carefully reopen the country, or the consequences could be devastating, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday. “It is now obvious to everyone that Covid-19 is not going away over the next five months,” Kansas City Health Department Director Dr. Rex Archer said in a news release Thursday. “You can’t …

Fauci debunks Trump’s spin, declares US coronavirus outbreak worst in the world: “Numbers don’t lie”
4 years, 4 months ago

Fauci debunks Trump’s spin, declares US coronavirus outbreak worst in the world: “Numbers don’t lie”

Salon  

Dr. Anthony Fauci has publicly disputed President Donald Trump's repeated claims that his response to the coronavirus pandemic has been among the best in the world. "We're not quite 5% of the world's population, yet represent 20-25% of the world's infections," he said. "It's cases, and we have cases because of the testing," Trump insisted, later adding that the "U.S. …

Dr. Anthony Fauci says US has suffered from pandemic ‘as much or worse than anyone’
4 years, 4 months ago

Dr. Anthony Fauci says US has suffered from pandemic ‘as much or worse than anyone’

CNN  

Washington CNN — Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday that the United States has suffered “as much or worse than anyone” from the coronavirus pandemic, a sentiment that contrasts sharply with the tone President Donald Trump has struck as the crisis drags on. Chan School of Public Health forum, Fauci said that “every country has suffered” from the deadly virus, but …

Anthony Fauci Reveals ‘Serious Threats’ To Himself, His Family
4 years, 5 months ago

Anthony Fauci Reveals ‘Serious Threats’ To Himself, His Family

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Anthony Fauci revealed a chilling personal consequence of his prominence as the nation’s top infectious disease expert during the coronavirus pandemic. Fauci said on Thursday that he’s received “serious threats” to himself, his wife and daughters ― requiring them to have extra security ― because of his public role as director of the National Institute of Allergy …

Nearly 3,500 Public Health Experts Sign Letter Defending Fauci Amid White House Attacks
4 years, 5 months ago

Nearly 3,500 Public Health Experts Sign Letter Defending Fauci Amid White House Attacks

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Nearly 3,500 public health experts sent an open letter to President Donald Trump amid a spate of attacks launched over the last two weeks at Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, calling those seeking to undercut him a “dangerous distraction.” In the letter, which was organized by the Center for Science in the Public …

Donald Trump denies coronavirus toll, calling Anthony Fauci ‘alarmist’ in Chris Wallace interview
4 years, 5 months ago

Donald Trump denies coronavirus toll, calling Anthony Fauci ‘alarmist’ in Chris Wallace interview

CNN  

CNN — When the history of the coronavirus pandemic is written, President Donald Trump will go down as the great denier-in-chief who refused to acknowledge the catastrophic damage Covid-19 has wrought and repeatedly spread falsehoods while disputing data that revealed the true toll of the virus on America. Trump’s interview with Fox News’ Chris Wallace on Sunday was a fresh …

Trump Again Casts Doubt On Fauci As COVID-19 Cases Surge
4 years, 5 months ago

Trump Again Casts Doubt On Fauci As COVID-19 Cases Surge

NPR  

Trump Again Casts Doubt On Fauci As COVID-19 Cases Surge Enlarge this image toggle caption Al Drago/AFP via Getty Images Al Drago/AFP via Getty Images Updated at 2:45 p.m. ET President Trump once again questioned the expertise of his top public health officials Monday morning, retweeting a conspiracy theory from former game show host Chuck Woolery, who suggested that the …

The ludicrous plot against Fauci (Opinion)
4 years, 5 months ago

The ludicrous plot against Fauci (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Michael D’Antonio is the author of the book “Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success.” His forthcoming book, “The Hunting of Hillary: The Forty Year Campaign to Destroy Hillary Clinton” is out later this month. CNN — Since 1984, scientist and physician Anthony Fauci has led America’s response to infectious disease, saving countless lives and gaining …

Fauci warns against ‘false complacency’ as Trump touts falling coronavirus death rate
4 years, 5 months ago

Fauci warns against ‘false complacency’ as Trump touts falling coronavirus death rate

CNN  

CNN — Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Tuesday that Americans shouldn’t take comfort in the dropping death rate among coronavirus patients in the US even as President Donald Trump touts the trend as evidence of a successful response to the virus. “It’s a false narrative to take comfort in a lower rate of death,” Fauci said during a live stream press …

US coronavirus: US is still ‘knee-deep’ in the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Fauci says
4 years, 5 months ago

US coronavirus: US is still ‘knee-deep’ in the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Fauci says

CNN  

CNN — In the span of a week and a half, the number of coronavirus cases in the United States has doubled, yet officials are saying this is still the first wave of the pandemic. “We are still knee-deep in the first wave of this,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said in …

US could hit 1 lakh new coronavirus cases a day, warns top health expert
4 years, 5 months ago

US could hit 1 lakh new coronavirus cases a day, warns top health expert

Live Mint  

A top US health expert warned Congress on Tuesday that new coronavirus cases could more than double to 100,000 per day if authorities and the public fail to take steps to suppress the pandemic. Infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci, a leading member of President Donald Trump's coronavirus task force, said the United States was headed in the "wrong direction" on …

Three months of the pandemic: ‘We can’t get acclimated to losing 800 to 1,000 Americans every single day’
4 years, 6 months ago

Three months of the pandemic: ‘We can’t get acclimated to losing 800 to 1,000 Americans every single day’

CNN  

New York CNN Business — A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Politico’s Dan Diamond said on Sunday’s “Reliable Sources” that a better analogy might be high tide and low tide – “we are swamped with cases,” and barring a dramatic change, “there will continue to be a tide…” Don’t get used to this Part …

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