Fauci tells ABC's 'Powerhouse Politics' that attending rallies, protests is 'risky'

Dr. Anthony Fauci tells jonkarl it's been 'explicitly stated' that the country 'open as quickly as you can.' 'That doesn't mean that you walk around without a mask, that you jump into a crowd...that you stop doing the things that are important.'

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The"best way that you can avoid -- either acquiring or transmitting infection -- is to avoid crowded places, to wear a mask whenever you're outside. And if you can do both, avoid the congregation of people and do the mask, that's great," he said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday issued specific guidelines for individuals attending larger events, strongly encouraging people to wear masks.

A vaccine isn’t expected until 2021 and there’s only one drug -- remdesivir -- that has shown modest improvements in patients. Dr. Anthony Fauci , director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases speaks during a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, April 29, 2020.

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