President Trump’s new coronavirus advisor is basically the anti-Fauci

[Andy Meek]

• President Trump has added a new advisor to the mix of experts counseling him during the coronavirus pandemic -- Dr. Scott Atlas, who's basically there to counter Dr. Anthony Fauci, according to radio talk show host and Trump ally Rush Limbaugh.
• Atlas has in recent days shared views that align with Trump's but which aren't grounded in fact, including the erroneous belief that the coronavirus presents virtually no risk to young people.
• Atlas has also said that kids under 18 have "essentially no risk of dying" from the coronavirus.

President Trump in recent days decided the team of science advisors around him, which includes Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx, needs some new blood, so he's brought on a new advisor -- Dr. Scott Atlas, a fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution who's also a regular Fox News guest expert.

No surprise, you can consider this hire as basically the anti-Fauci. Prominent right-wing radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, for example, said as much on his show this week, reportedly raving that Atlas is there because "he is countering Fauci." Atlas' insights are also entirely in-line with the Trumpian world view when it comes to the coronavirus, with the doctor insisting earlier this week on Fox News that "young people ... without a co-morbidity have virtually a zero risk from this. The risk is less than seasonal influenza. There is such fear in the community, and, unfortunately, it’s been propagated by people doing sloppy thinking and sensationalistic media reporting.”

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