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US President Donald Trump again criticized Dr. Anthony Fauci, a highly respected figure in the United States and a member of the White House crisis cell to handle the health crisis, reports AFP, quoted by Agerpres. .
“People are tired of hearing about COVID,” Trump said in a telephone conversation with members of his campaign team, accessed by several US media.
“People say, ‘Leave us alone.’ They are tired. They are tired of hearing about Fauci and all these idiots,” he added, according to Politico.
The pandemic has killed more than 219,000 people in the United States.
“It’s been there for 500 years,” he said, referring to the 79-year-old world-renowned expert who heads the Institute of Infectious Diseases.
“If we listened to him, we would have had 700,000 or 800,000 dead,” he said, adding that it would be counterproductive to fire him in the run-up to the November 3 presidential elections.
A week ago, the immunologist expressed his displeasure after using his statements in a Trump team campaign video on the coronavirus.
“In almost five decades of service, I have never publicly endorsed any candidate,” he recalled, blaming the growing use of out-of-context statements.
Dr. Fauci has tried, on several occasions, to clarify or correct Trump’s crude statements about the development of vaccines or treatments for COVID-19.
The tone sometimes increased in intensity, as in April, when Donald Trump redistributed a message on Twitter with the hashtag #FireFauci (Dismiss the Fauci – no), but then said that “Tony” does a great job.
Publisher: Liviu Cojan
