Americans “should be prepared that they’re going to have to hunker down significantly more than we as a country are doing” to fight the COVID-19 outbreak, Dr. Fauci says. 'If you let the curve get up there, then the entire society is going to be hit.”
, which has led to widespread criticism of the administration's handling of the outbreak, Fauci said a"sea change" has been made, adding that"early on, we weren't in a situation where we could get the tests out in a broad way." He said that would soon be changing., Fauci told a House hearing that the system was"not really geared to what we need right now" regarding the test kits, saying,"That is a failing. Let's admit it.
Fauci called on elective surgeries to be delayed and keep hospitals to those who absolutely need to be there.
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