Dr. Anthony Fauci has assured us that things are going to get a lot worse for everyone if certain states do n’t start fill the pandemic seriously . “ I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 [ face ] a day if this does not flex around,”he testifiedto the Senate Committee on Health , Education , Labor , and Pensions on Tuesday . Fauci also punctuate that to solely focus on the areas where cases are surging “ arrange the entire country at peril . ”
Those areas currently experience billow includeGeorgiaandArizona , which permit hair salons and gymnasium to reopen in April;Texas and Floridawhich allowed gyms to reopen in mid - May ; andCalifornia , which allowed restaurants to open with social distancing road map in May . Texas , Arizona , and Florida are now consideredepicenters , and , as of today , the United States has reached a seven - 24-hour interval norm of 40,000 new caseful .
When ask by Senator Elizabeth Warren , who squall in via telecasting conference , whether we are still “ go in the right direction , ” as he ’d bear witness on May 12th , Faucisaid , frankly , no : “ We are going in the wrong counseling . ”
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“ Short answer to your question , clear , we are not in full restraint mightily now . ”
Fauci said that he ’s “ very implicated , ” particularly about the four state “ that are answer for for about 50 percent of the fresh infections ” ( Florida , Texas , Arizona , and California ) .
“ It is going to be very distressful , I will ensure you that , ” he cash in one’s chips on . “ Because if you have an irruption in one part of the country , even though in other parts of the rural area , they ’re doing well — they are vulnerable . ”
Faucieluded toa cultural divide between disciple to government wellness functionary and the rest of America ( certaincard - carryingmembers of the executive branch - and - sycophantsfan lodge , perhaps ) who ’ve buck the idea of societal and personal responsibility altogether . “ [ Y]ou see people in bars , not wearing mask , not avoid crowds , not paying attention to physical distancing , ” he said . “ I think we need to accentuate the responsibility we have both as individuals and as part of a societal exertion to ending the epidemic . ”
Fauci added that there ’s “ no warrantee ” that we ’ll have a vaccinum .
The hearing had convene to talk about reopening office and schools . In May , school reopenings seemed mostly out of the question until 2021 : 48 states , Washington D.C. , and all five U.S. territories had advised that school remain closed for the rest of the year . But last month , summer schoolhouse was allowed to sum up in some voice ofPennsylvaniaand in a limited capability inIllinois . The New York Times hasreportedConnecticut and New Jersey will allow school to take up in the evenfall , and Seattle , Omaha , and Fairfax County , V.A. have planned partial in - someone attendance .
Republican Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander of Tennessee lament the fact that Trump ca n’t just put on a damn mask . “ Unfortunately , this simple life-time - saving practice session has become part of the political argument that says if you ’re for Trump , you do n’t wear a masquerade , if you ’re against Trump , you do , ” he said , add up that the president ’s adorer “ would follow his trail . ”
But the chairman also said that his statehas concludedthat children ’s mental health and educational penury outbalance the risks of covid-19 . When take for Fauci ’s advice for schoolhouse superintendents be after to reopen , Fauci answer , in the mode of a prof of Advanced Multivariable Calculus who ’s had to explain the bedrock of addition seven hundred time , that the little itinerary to reopening is keep up the guidelines .
“ One of the thing we ’d like to punctuate , and have been emphasizing , is to take a look at the particular domain of the so - scream opening America again — are you at the gateway , phase one , phase two , phase three . The CDC has guidelines about the gap of schools at various stages of those checkpoint . The canonical key destination would be , as you perhaps can , to get the child back to school day and to use the public health sweat as a pecker to aid shaver get back to school . Let me explain what I mean . In other words , if we stick to guideline of what we ’ve heard in many of the presentation you ’ve get word about the physical distancing in the community , the function of masquerade , things like that — that will help to keep the point of infection in the community down , which will then make it easy to get the shaver back to school . ”
To Fauci ’s full point , twelve states havehad to haltpremature reopenings after the pandemic has gotten worse than ever . But Florida , which is approach 150,000 cases , has n’t shown much interest in the home social distancing effort . Republican regulator Ron DeSantis has channeled Trumpian flack on the medium anddeclinedto wear a masquerade against the advice of the state of matter surgeon general , recentlyattributed the surgeto an step-up in the volume testing ( a “ test dump ” ) , blame the media for pay too much attention to protest . When it make out to protect the wellness of the citizens in his state , DeSantis has donelittle morethan stopping bars from serve well alcoholic beverage and asking elder to maintain “ diligence . ”
Yesterday , CDC Principal Deputy Director Dr. Anne Schuchatwarnedin an interview not to fall into the “ aspiring thinking ” that the coronavirus has blown over in time for summertime , add : “ We are not even beginning to be over this . ”
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