'Of course not': Fauci retorts that he would not attend the Trump rally in Tulsa amid the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that he's in the 'high-risk category'

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• Top US infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said he would not personally attend President Donald Trump's upcoming re-election rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
• "Personally, I would not. Of course not," he told The Daily Beast when asked if he would attend. He added for a rally, "outside is better than inside, no crowd is better than crowd" and "crowd is better than big crowd."
• The indoor rally, which is planned for Saturday, will be held at the BOK Center and is expected to draw tens of thousands of people. Attendees are also required to sign a waiver that absolves the Trump campaign and venue of fault if they contract COVID-19.
• Local health officials and medical professionals are begging Tulsa Mayor GT Bynum to cancel the rally due to its potential to be a coronavirus superspreader event.
• "I don't want to see any more people gasping for breath and dying alone," Dr. Monica Saenz wrote in response. "I promise you if you allow this rally to happen, there will be many lives lost and it will lie on your hands."
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Top US infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said he would not attend Trump's upcoming rally in Tulsa because Fauci is in a "high-risk category."

"Personally, I would not. Of course not," he told The Daily Beast when asked if he would attend. He added for a rally, "outside is better than inside, no crowd is better than crowd" and "crowd is better than big crowd."

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