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Anthony Fauci, the federal government’s chief infectious disease official, says a vaccine trial with the participation of 30,000 people will begin this summer. He also told Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg that researchers have found no “detrimental” effects on a person’s breathing in the midst of a national battle over whether people should cover their faces to prevent spread via tiny droplets. saliva and mucus.
Fauci, who has quarreled with the White House this week, implored the young men to stay home and not crowd into places they usually go to.
“It is really disappointing that we do not yet have adequate evidence, that the credibility of our top scientists like you and the CDC is being undermined,” the Facebook chief said.
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Zuckerberg, who has met with Donald Trump in recent months, accused administration officials of “questioning” some “best practices, such as wearing masks.”
With face-covering liberals and faceless conservatives across the country fighting rhetorically and on social media, and sometimes clashing in public, Fauci made another plug to cover his mouth and nose, which can eject tiny drops of Covid -19.
“There is nothing to indicate that wearing a mask has harmful effects,” he told Zuckerberg.
The virus can be transmitted by people who have an infection but show symptoms and feel well.
To that end, an asymptomatic person can carry as much nose infection as some who are very ill, Fauci noted.
There are at least more than 3.5 million people who have been infected with the respiratory illness since the outbreak began earlier this year, and more than 135,000 dead.
But Trump goes on to say that his administration has largely beaten the disease, even as cases increase in more than 20 states that are freezing or reversing their reopening guidelines.
The president also appears to be opposed to speeding up the tests, saying earlier this week that increased testing “creates cases.” It doesn’t seem to affect him that more and more Americans are getting sick and dying.
Its chief spokesperson, Kayleigh McEnany, gave no indication Thursday that the administration is working to speed up the time it takes for people to get test results. Unaware that they are sick, asymptomatic people would likely go on with their lives and spread the Covid-19 bacteria everywhere.
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