During an interview Thursday with Dr. Anthony Fauci, Mark Zuckerberg said he was “disappointed” that President Donald Trump has taken a confrontational stance toward public health officials. The Facebook CEO, who generally refrains from criticizing the president, told the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: “It is truly disappointing that we do not yet have adequate evidence, that the credibility of our best scientists like you and the CDC They are being weakened and, until recently, parts of the administration questioned whether people should follow basic best practices, such as wearing a mask. ” Zuckerberg said that, as a business owner, he preferred to beat the virus rather than focus on restarting economic activity, as he believed the former would lead to the latter anyway. “At this point, it is clear that the trajectory in the US is significantly worse than in many other countries and that our government and this administration have been considerably less effective in handling this,” he added. As the two spoke, commenters put misinformation about the vaccine underneath them.
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