He was responding to a question about Dr. Scott Atlas.
President Donald Trump might be receiving “either out of context or actually incorrect” information about coronavirus, Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN on Monday after being asked about Dr. Scott Atlas, who was added to the White House Coronavirus Task Force last month.... [+]
on as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks about coronavirus vaccine development in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. Fauci said he and other top public health officials, like Dr. Deborah Bird and CDC head Dr. Robert Redfield, have fundamentalAtlas, a conservative health policy pundit and neuroradiologist who has no background in infectious diseases, was appointed to the Coronavirus Task Force in August.
When asked whether the Task Force was working together or against each other, Fauci said,"Most are working together. I think you know who the outlier is.”than other members of the Task Force, a worrying development to many in the medical community since some of Atlas’ views are not in line with scientific consensus.
Atlas has questioned whether mask-wearing has a significant impact in slowing coronavirus spread, and has suggested letting the virus take its course in society so that “herd immunity” is achieved.“When it comes to a mask … I can just tell you how I feel. And what I feel is not very much different from what has been expressed by Dr. Deborah Birx and Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the CDC. Masks are critically important in preventing the transmission and acquisition of SARS coronavirus 2.
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