Fauci: Premature Reopening Amid COVID-19 to Cause ‘Suffering & Death’
Written by SOURCE on May 12, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leading voice of reason on COVID-19 and thus a consistent target of Trump-related ire, is making sure the U.S. is aware of his stance regarding hasty pushes toward reopening.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg of the New York Times reported late Monday that Dr. Fauci had relayed his message via e-mail, noting that he was planning to share a similar one with the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.
Speaking on the potential dangers of “prematurely” diving into so-called “reopening” measures, Dr. Fauci was quite clear.
“If we skip over the checkpoints in the guidelines to Open America Again, then we risk the danger of multiple outbreaks throughout the country,” Dr. Fauci said. “This will not only result in needless suffering and death, but would actually set us back on our quest to return to normal.”
As the Times report makes clear, this not only marks a dramatic contrast to what the Trump administration has been saying in recent weeks, but it was also met with immediate attempts at undermining by several Republicans.
As of May 11, the CDC was reporting more than 1.3 million total cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. Per the most recent data, just under 80,000 deaths have also been confirmed.
