COVID-19 pandemic is 'going away', says Donald Trump contradicting Anthony Fauci

US President Donald Trump has contricted remarks me by most trusted health viser of his own ministration, Dr Anthony Fauci. During a press briefing on August 5, while Trump said that coronavirus outbreak is going to ‘go away’, US top infectious disease expert h denied possibility of COVID-19 to disappear. 

According to Fauci, virus is highly transmissible and refore, it is highly unlikely it would be completely ericated from world. But Donald Trump believes that “things go away” and refore, he has showcased confidence that coronavirus contagion would eventually be ericated. 

Donald Trump said, “It’s going away, it will go away, things go away, absolutely. question in my mind, sooner rar than later.”

Trump’s optimism regarding COVID-19 pandemic going away came as global infections have surpassed 18.8 million with 707,754 deaths. Out of this, over 4.8 million are only detected in United States with 158,200 casualties due to COVID-19. Just recently, White House coronavirus task force coordinator, Dr Deborah Birx ted that COVID-19 has become ‘extraordinarily widespre’ across US. Meanwhile, Fauci, director of national Insitute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has alrey expressed that disease might never be ericated.

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Trump calls Fauci's reasoning 'wrong'

Trump contriction came after he dismissed claims me Fauci over his explanation of surge in coronavirus cases. Trump and Fauci have expressed opposing views at various instances while responding to COVID-19 pandemic. But recently, after claiming to share a ‘good relationship’ with Fauci, US President retweeted former’s video explaining difference between US and European countries and stressed that it is ‘wrong’.

In wake of coronavirus outbreak, Fauci ted that European countries closed 95 per cent of ir ecomy but United States only shut it by 50 per cent. refore, according to him, COVID-19 cases in US are drastically spiking. However, Trump did t agree with remarks me by US’s most trusted medical viser and said that US has recorded more coronavirus cases because y have conducted more tests than any or nation across globe. 

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