'There was a paucity of equipment that our health care providers needed — who put themselves daily in harm's way of taking care of people who are ill,' Fauci said. 'We did not want to divert masks and PPE away from them, to be used by the people.'
From CNN Health’s Amanda WattsAsked to give his"unvarnished view" on where the US is in its fight against Covid-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci said"it really is a mixed bag," adding that some states are doing well while
“You have a very large country, very heterogeneous, major differences — for example, between the New York metropolitan area and Casper, Wyoming,” but it’s clear, Fauci said, “we've been hit badly.”"Right now, for example, the New York metropolitan area, which has been hit extraordinarily hard, has done very well in bringing the cases down and using the guidelines that we have very carefully put together in a step-wise fashion to try and carefully reopen their city and their state.
Fauci added,"right now the next couple of weeks are going to be critical in our ability to address those surgings that we're seeing in Florida, in Texas and in Arizona."
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