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America’s top virus expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has criticized the White House for holding a meeting last month that allegedly sparked a Covid-19 outbreak.
Dr. Fauci, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, said the ceremony in which President Trump announced the US Supreme Court nominee was a “super contagious event.”
Dozens of White House aides and people involved have been infected with the virus.
President Donald Trump’s doctors just allowed him to hold public events when he first recovered from Covid-19.
Trump, who was released Monday after three nights in the hospital, conducted a medical “checkup” on Fox News Friday night.
He is scheduled to hold a face-to-face event at the White House on Saturday.
What did Dr. Fauci say?
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CBS News asked on Friday what Dr. Fauci thought of the White House’s reluctance to emphasize masking and social isolation as measures to prevent the virus, relying instead on routine testing.
“The data paid for itself – we had a super contagious event at the White House where people were crammed together and without masks.”
Dr. Fauci also emphasized that experts have recommended wearing a mask for the past six months and condemns talking about “curing” the corona virus, a word Trump used to refer to Covid-19 treatments. experience he received while being treated in a military hospital.
An event at the White House on Saturday, September 26, where the president nominated Amy Coney Barrett as Supreme Court Justice, is believed to be the cause of the local outbreak, as many in attendance concluded. positive result.
Large gatherings are still prohibited in the US capital, but federal agencies like the White House are exempt.
What events was Trump planning?
Saturday 10/10 will be the full 10 days since Trump was diagnosed with the corona virus, according to his doctors. On Saturday, Trump will deliver a speech from the balcony of the White House in front of a group of people gathered on the South Lawn.
Hundreds of people are said to have been invited.
All attendees will be asked to wear masks, have their temperatures checked and be encouraged to socially distance themselves, the White House said.
According to the White House, Trump’s speeches will be on the subject of “law and order.”
There will also be an event by the Blexit group, a campaign that asks black voters not to vote for the Democrats.
On Monday, the Trump campaign plans a large rally in Sanford, Florida.
And the debates?
The second presidential debate next week between Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden is now officially off.
The President’s Discussion Committee said in a statement Friday that both campaigns had announced “alternate plans for that day.”
Trump opposed the commission’s request to hold an online debate on October 15 to reduce the risk of the corona virus spreading.
The commission said it is still preparing the third and final presidential debate in Nashville, Tennessee, on Oct. 22.
Ai in the network close to Mr. Trump infected virus?
Trump’s announcement of the first mass meeting since he was infected caused alarm in Washington, where officials are still trying to locate attendees of recent White House events. for some Republican senators, Mr. and Mrs. Trump, and some other high-level aides who were infected with the virus.
According to doctors, Trump tested positive for Covid-19 last Thursday, but has not said when his last negative test was.
Will the White House event cause a virus?
According to US media, as many as 34 White House aides and other people involved have tested positive for Covid-19 in recent days.
On Friday, the Minnesota Department of Health said nine cases were related to Trump’s Sept. 18 campaign in the state.
At least one person was infected when they attended and two cases were hospitalized, authorities said. One of them is in the intensive care unit.
