Post by account_disabled on Feb 20, 2024 1:33:16 GMT -5
US President Donald Trump hinted to his supporters at a rally held a few hours ago in Florida that he plans to fire Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country's top infectious disease expert, after the presidential election. At the rally near the Miami-Opa Locka airport on Sunday night, Trump accused the media of exaggerating the impact of the pandemic and his supporters began chanting fire Fauci . After allowing the chanting to continue for a few moments, Trump responded: " Don't tell anyone, but let me wait until a little after the election. I appreciate the advice. I appreciate it." The crowd cheered before Trump continued: "No, he's been wrong about a lot of things. He's a good man, though.
He's been wrong about a lot of things." I am one of the volunteers in the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine trial in Spain: this is how I am experiencing it from the inside Trump's attempts to mitigate the urgency of the coronavirus and his refusal to offer support for public health measures such as mask-wearing have conflicted for months Middle East Phone Number List with Fauci's blunt assessments of the crisis. As the election approaches, Trump has continued to hold mass rallies and baselessly claim that the worst of the pandemic is over. At times, he has encouraged a conspiracy theory that doctors have inflated COVID-19 numbers for profit. Fauci, in an interview with The Washington Post on Saturday , painted a grim picture of the crises facing the country over the winter, projecting that the number of cases would rise to 100,000 a day, which would be accompanied by a surge the mortality rate.
It's not a good situation," says Fauci. "All the stars are aligned in the wrong place as we enter the fall and winter season, with people congregating indoors. We couldn't be in a worse position." Psious, the Spanish startup backed by La Caixa and Sabadell that treats mental health disorders through virtual reality, warns: "Anxiety and stress rates are skyrocketing" Amid attacks from Trump and his allies, Fauci and his family have received death threats and have been assigned a security detail. Trump does not have the power to directly fire Fauci, who is a career official and not a political official, according to CNN . However, Trump last week signed an executive order that would strip some federal government officials of their special status, making it easier to fire them.