'It is what it is. We are where we are right now,' the public health official said.
Later in the segment, Fauci said he hoped that life in the U.S. would be back to normal enough by the general election in November for voters to safely go to the polls. But he cautioned that"there is always the possibility, as we get into next fall and the beginning of early winter, that we could see a rebound."
As the number of confirmed cases and deaths from COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, has grown rapidly nationwide, many have criticized Trump and his administration's slow response to the pandemic. The president repeatedly downplayed the threat from the virus, even as top officials and advisers were warning in memos that the death toll could soar and the economic fallout could cost the country trillions of dollars.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens to President Donald Trump speak to reporters following a meeting of his coronavirus task force at the White House on April 6 in Washington, D.C.
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