“I don’t know the exact percent that it’s higher, but certainly, it’s higher,” the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases told the Senate health committee.
.” Failing to respond “in an adequate way” would “without a doubt” result in a resurgence of the virus in the fall, Fauci said.
Fauci, as well as CDC Director Robert Redfield, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn and Assistant Secretary for Health Adm. Brett Giroir, answered senators’ questions on the federal government’s response to the crisis. But Fauci strongly cautioned against failing to take seriously the guidelines put out by the White House coronavirus task force, which stipulate that states should see a 14-day decline in new cases before loosening restrictions. Several states, including Georgia and Tennessee, have been relaxing restrictions for weeks without having met that first milestone.
“As much as I respect you, Dr. Fauci, I don’t think you’re the end-all,” Paul said, arguing that the impact of coronavirus outside of New England has been “benign.” Fauci added: “I don’t know everything about this disease, and that’s why I’m very reserved in making broad predictions.”
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