"When you downplay something that is really a threat, that is not a good thing," Fauci said in response to a question regarding Woodward's reporting that Trump acknowledged he was publicly downplaying COVID-19.
WASHINGTON – Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expert, seemed to be at odds with President Donald Trump on Friday regarding the current state of the coronavirus pandemic as well as the president publicly downplaying it.
Despite raising concerns with Woodward about coronavirus being transmitted through the air in early February, the president held six rallies indoors between Feb. 7 and March 2. Coronavirus updates: Florida bars to re-open at half-capacity; adults with COVID-19 more likely to have dined out "I believe that we will have a vaccine that will be available by the end of this year, the beginning of next year, but by the time you mobilize the distribution of the vaccinations and you get the majority or more of the population vaccinated and protected, that's likely not going to happen till the mid – or end – of 2021."
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