Almost 3,500 public health experts sign a letter in support of Fauci

More than 3,000 public health experts have signed a letter in support of the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Anthony FauciAnthony FauciPelosi calls the coronavirus the “Trump virus” Bolton defends Cheney amid a clash with conservatives in the House of Representatives Trump says the coronavirus “will get worse before it gets better” MORE after attacks on him by the Trump administration, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Signatories to the letter include former Associate Commissioner for the Food and Drug Administration Peter Lurie, Assistant Professor at Yale School of Public Health Gregg Gonsalves, New York City Commissioner of Health Oxiris Barbot, and former Surgeon US General Joycelyn Elders.

“Since the beginning of the pandemic, [Fauci] He has remained one of the world’s most trusted scientists on COVID-19, explaining daily in simple terms the complexity of a disease that we do not yet fully understand, ”the letter says. “And it has done so by putting science front and center in public discourse. Trying to marginalize highly respected researchers like Dr. Fauci is a dangerous distraction at a time when we need voices like his most. “

“As current and former public health officials, researchers, and public health professionals, we call on our political leaders, members of the media, and all Americans to reject the marginalization of science, to denounce the silencing of scientists, and to advocate for openness and public scientific discussions on the problems facing our country as we fight to advance against the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, “he adds.

The letter comes after White House business adviser Peter Navarro published an opinion piece criticizing Fauci in USA Today, which the White House said was not authorized. President TrumpDonald John Trump More than a dozen people injured in shootings near Chicago funeral home Players of the Cleveland Indians meet with team leaders to discuss the possible name change Pelosi calls the coronavirus the ‘Trump virus’ MORE said last week that Navarro “shouldn’t be doing that” and told Fox News Chris WallaceChristopher (Chris) Wallace: The Lincoln Project launches a laugh ad that hammers Trump Wallace’s interview with Trump and offers 5.8 million viewers that the White House is doubling down on payroll tax cuts opposed by republican senators MORE who considered Fauci “a bit alarmist” but said they have a “very good relationship”.