Anthony Fauci urges people to listen to health experts, avoid 'political nonsense'

Amid an indirect row between America's medical professionals and White House, US top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci has vised people to refrain from involving in “political nsense” and listen to scientists. He even deted politicization of COVID-19 pandemic as a “waste of time”. While coronavirus infections in United States have surpassed 3.4 million with over 136,400, Fauci urged people to take vice of medical authorities who have track record of delivering truth based on evidence and data. 

“I believe, for most part, you can trust respected medical authorities. I believe I’m one of m, so I think you can trust me, but I would stick with respected medical authorities who have a track record of telling truth, who have a track record of giving information and policy and recommendations based on scientific evidence and good data,” US top infectious disease expert.

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In a Georgetown University Global Health Initiative webinar on July 15, Fauci ackwledged confusion created for public with mixed messs and said that it is “entirely understandable”. However, when a student asked director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases how young generation can contribute to de-politicizing rhetoric around global health crisis that has emerged in US, Fauci said that it is hard especially “by t being a part of politicization” and called it a "distraction".

Anthony Fauci said, “Do your thing and don’t get involved in any of political nsense. That’s a waste of time and a distraction.”

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Fauci’s appeal of refraining from ‘political nsense’ came just a day after US President Donald Trump targetted health experts in country who are leing response to COVID-19 crisis. After calling US top infectious disease expert a ‘very nice person’ and ting that y don’t always agree on issues, Trump retweeted at least three posts that question t only Fauci but also guidelines put forth by US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.   US President has been repeatedly critical about comments me by Fauci as two are at odds over reopening of country. While Trump has insisted that US is ‘t closing’, country’s top infectious disease expert has warned about America heing in a ‘wrong direction’. 

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