Director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases explains why COVID-19 is “the worst nightmare” of infectious diseases
, such as the malaria drug chloroquine, which Trump has touted much to the chagrin of many scientists; the second involved a plan to reassess the pandemic in 15 days and potentially start sending people back to work .
Fauci asserted that, at the moment, there’s “no proven safe and effective, direct therapy for coronavirus disease,” and that there’s only anecdotal evidence that drugs like chloroquine work . On the timeline question, Fauci said the only clock we can follow is the disease itself. “People say, arbitrarily, in two weeks we’re going to be OK, but it depends upon the kinetics of the outbreak,” Fauci said, adding, “In general, if you look historically at the countries that have been through the whole cycle, in China it was about eight weeks or so before it went way up and then way down.”
At the end of the interview, Fauci spoke about how various facets of the American government and bureaucracy can best come together and beat the pandemic, saying: “Things are implemented at the state and local level, that’s the way this country works so well.
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