Fauci: “I think you can trust me” in my history

Anthony FauciAnthony Fauci Trump Advisor Calls Fauci: Wrong About ‘Everything’ Night Health Care: Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Immune Response In First Results Fauci: Young People Have ‘Social Responsibility’ To Avoid COVID Infection MORE He said he can be trusted by the public when he provides guidance on the coronavirus based on his history, as he is subjected to increasingly public attacks by some administration officials.

“I think for the most part, you can trust respected medical authorities,” Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, said Tuesday during an event at the Georgetown Institute of Policy and Public Service. “I think I am one of them, so I think you can trust me.”

“I think that, for the most part, you can trust respected medical authorities,” says Dr. Anthony Fauci. “I think I am one of them, so I think you can trust me.”

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Fauci was answering a question on who the public should trust when seeking guidance on safe practices during the pandemic, as officials and the White House give conflicting messages about the severity of recent spikes in COVID-19 cases across the globe. the country.

“I would stick with respected medical authorities who have a history of telling the truth, who have a history of giving information and policies and recommendations based on scientific evidence and good information,” he said. “So, if I had to give advice to you, your family, your friends and your family, I would say that it is the safest bet, to listen to the recommendations of that category of people.

“But it is understandable how the public can receive mixed messages and then get a little confused about what they should do,” he added.

Comments come as President TrumpDonald John TrumpIvanka Trump launches Goya Foods products on Twitter Sessions defends the challenge: “I leave the elected office with my integrity intact” Former White House doctor Ronny Jackson wins the second round of Texas MORE and other officials voice their complaints with Fauci, who has taken a much more cautious approach to the coronavirus than many officials have advocated, generating competitive messages about school closings and the speed at which states should reopen.

This week, Trump shared a Twitter post accusing doctors and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of “lying” to influence the November election, and Dan Scavino, deputy director of communications staff, shared a cartoon on his Facebook page depicting Fauci as a faucet throwing the United States economy down the drain with an overly enthusiastic health guide.

“I have great respect for Dr. Fauci, but Dr. Fauci is not absolutely right, nor is he necessarily right, and he admits that he has all the national interest in mind,” said Admiral Brett Giroir, administration test czar, added Sunday. . “It looks at it from a very limited public health point of view.”

Still, polls consistently show that the public trusts Fauci more than Trump when it comes to health advice during the pandemic, and Fauci cautioned that divisive comments could ultimately undermine the government’s response to the pandemic.

“And you know from experience historically that when you don’t have unanimity in your approach to something, you are not as effective in how you handle it,” Fauci said in an interview with FiveThirtyEight. “So I think I would have to assume that if there wasn’t that much division, we would have a more coordinated approach.”