Dr. Fauci says Trump isn’t even going to coronavirus meetings anymore

[Jacob Siegal]

• In recent interviews, White House Coronavirus Task Force member Dr. Anthony Fauci revealed that it has been weeks since he has spoken to President Trump.
• Dr. Fauci says the task force meets infrequently and yet Trump is no longer attending.
• Despite the silence from the rest of the task force, Dr. Fauci has continued to speak to the press.

Our priorities in the United States have shifted dramatically over the past week.

Following the killing of George Floyd by a police officer -- who has been arrested and charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter -- protestors have been marching through the streets from coast to coast, demanding justice for Floyd and an end to police brutality. All the while, the novel coronavirus pandemic has taken a backseat, but even as several states are flattening the curve and mitigating the spread of the virus, it's unclear what effect these mass gatherings will have on the infection rate in the days and weeks to come.

Whether or not the protests lead to a rise in the infection rate, there are still over 10,000 positive cases being reported every day in the United States, and yet the White House Coronavirus Task Force has seemingly dissolved. There was also a period where we didn't hear from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director and task force member Dr. Anthony Fauci, but he has finally reemerged with some troubling news.

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