Dr. Anthony Fauci says that before the national lockdown favors, the coronavirus epidemic will have to be “really, really bad.” The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a leading voice on epidemiology, F.K. / P.T. on CBS.
A summary of that interview was aired Friday night on CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell.
“How bad would things be to advocate for a national downfall?” Lapuk asked Fausi in the clip.
“They’re really, really bad to meet,” Fawcett said. “First of all, the country is fed up with sanctions. So we want to use public health measures, not to come in the direction of opening up the economy, but to be a safe gateway to opening up the economy. So instead of protesting: open the economy. [to] Get jobs back, or quit. No, put a ‘shut down’ and say, ‘We will use public health measures to help us get to where we want to go safely. ”
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