- President Donald Trump called top US infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci "a little bit of an alarmist" in his response to the coronavirus outbreaks in the US.
- Fauci, who also serves on the White House coronavirus task force, said the development of the coronavirus pandemic has turned into his "worst nightmare."
- Trump said Fauci, like other public health experts including CDC director Robert Redfield, has "made some mistakes" amid the pandemic.
- As coronavirus cases surge to record-highs across the US, Trump said he believes it is due to the increased testing in the country and that "many of those cases are young people that would heal in a day."
- While the median ages for confirmed cases are dropping as young people start to make up a greater percentage of infections, they still have the potential to become severe cases and the ability to spread the infection to others.
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President Donald Trump called infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci "a little bit of an alarmist" after his stark assessment of coronavirus outbreaks in the US.
Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and also serves on the White House coronavirus task force, said the development of the coronavirus pandemic has turned into his "worst nightmare."
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- Boris Johnson is letting the UK drift toward a 2nd coronavirus wave with thousands more avoidable deaths, according to Britain's former science chief
- USA Today walks back Navarro's controversial op-ed attacking Fauci, saying it 'did not meet fact-checking standards'
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