Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Global USA Addressed the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on COVID-19 led by Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and Rep Escobar. Addressed State, local and Tribal Officials on COVID-19 Presented plenary to American Academy of Pediatrics Addressed Quad Caucus together with Francis PRESS: Wired TV with Steven Levy; ABC Podcast; Interviewed with Washington Post (Joel Achenbach) regarding anti-Science trend; New Yorker Interview NY Times: Fauci counters Trump for misrepresenting his stance on masks. Anthony Fauci, director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at NIH, attaches his mask before testifying at a Senate Health, Education, and Labor and Pensions Committee on Capitol Hill.Credit...Pool photo by Graeme Jennings Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the country’s leading official on infectious diseases, hit back at Mr. Trump on Wednesday for what he called the misrepresentation of Dr. Fauci’s stance on masks to curb coronavirus outbreaks. In the first presidential debate Tuesday, Mr. Trump claimed that Dr. Fauci initially said during the pandemic “masks are not good. Then he changed his mind.” And responding to former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s assertion that wearing masks could save tens of thousands of lives, Mr. Trump also contended that “Dr. Fauci said the opposite.” “Anybody who has been listening to me over the last several months know that a conversation does not go by where I do not strongly recommend that people wear masks,” Dr. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said during an interview on ABC News’s “Start Here” podcast. The full interview can be heard tomorrow, ABC said. Dr. Fauci explained that “very early on in the pandemic” authorities initially did not recommend masks in the context of concerns over shortages and hoarding of masks. Dr. Fauci also emphasized that he has clearly been urging people for months to wear masks when it became clear that asymptomatic transmission was spreading the virus, that there was no shortage of surgical masks and that masks are effective at stopping the spread of the virus. “I have been on the airways, on the radio, on TV, begging people to wear masks,” Dr. Fauci said. “And I keep talking in the context of wear a mask, keep physical distance, avoid crowds, wash your hands and do things more outdoors versus indoors.” — Simon Romero