Over the weekend, the White House reportedly distributed a list of statements Fauci made early in the COVID-19 pandemic that turned out to be wrong as understanding of the disease developed
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks on Capitol Hill, in Washington, on June 30, 2020.U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said on Wednesday he did not understand the White House effort to discredit him in the battle against coronavirus and believed it was a “major mistake” that reflected poorly on them.
“You know, it is a bit bizarre. I don’t really fully understand it,” Fauci said in an interview with The Atlantic.He said he believed the people involved in releasing that list, which was misleading because it did not include the entirety of Fauci’s statements or other context, are really “taken aback by what a big mistake that was.”
The Republican president, who is seeking re-election in November, has been increasingly critical of government health officials and their guidance as a rise in infections threatens the easing of shutdown restrictions across the country. “Well he made a statement representing himself. He shouldn’t be doing that. No, I have a very good relationship with Anthony,” Trump said.
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