As the coronavirus pandemic rages and President Trump's response comes under withering scrutiny, Drs. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx — the two top medical experts on the White House coronavirus task force — have emerged as central figures advising Trump
Summoned to the Oval Office last weekend to state their case for keeping the country closed, Fauci and Birx arrived armed with tangled multicolored lines, stippled mountains of various heights and one ominous inky blue bell curve showing American deaths from coronavirus rising to 2.2 million if social distancing efforts were abandoned.
Dr. Fauci: Trump 'got it right away' when he saw the data 02:25As in public briefings, Fauci isn't hesitant to offer unvarnished thoughts or analysis even when it seems to contradict the President. He's warned the speed of developing a coronavirus vaccine isn't nearly where Trump has suggested it could be and he's cautioned that the possible treatments Trump touts in public haven't yet proved effective.
Trump jokes with health official after she mentions low fever 02:04Now, after untold hours of meetings, both have developed a rapport with Trump, who has praised them as"great geniuses." During Wednesday's briefing, Trump recalled Fauci's basketball prowess as a high school player in the 1950s. Birx has used personal anecdotes to relay the importance of social distancing both to Americans at large and to Trump himself.
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