“There’s no place” for “that kind of politicization” in a health crisis, the nation's top infectious disease expert told Jake Tapper.
Hospitals are running out of ICU beds and are now being overwhelmed with bodies.Tapper asked Fauci about the DeSantis merchandise in light of his state’s COVID crisis.
“Just in the six weeks since the governor’s reelection campaign launched those products, more than 5,000 Floridians have died of coronavirus,” Tapper stated. “What do you make of the way some of these governors and politicians are attacking you?” Fauci said he’s attacked because he’s highly “visible,” but emphasized that he’s “merely articulating the proper public health practices that are recommended” by the“They like to pick out a certain person because they can make that person the personification of political divides, which is so unfortunate. We should put all of that aside,” Fauci said.. DeSantis has instead been pushing the monoclonal antibody treatment Regeneron, which can only be used once people are sick with COVID-19.
In his interview, Fauci also discussed COVID-19 boosters and vaccines for schoolchildren on the horizon. He supports mandating COVID vaccines for children in schools, just as other vaccines are required before they can attend.He also warned people not to take ivermectin — a drug commonly used to deworm livestock and is currently being
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