Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci, who serves on the White House Coronavirus Task Force, called on the Trump administration on Thursday to issue a country-wide stay-at-home order to stymie the spread of COVID-19.
“I don’t understand why that’s not happening,” Fauci told CNN anchor Anderson Cooper during the network’s town hall.
The doctor said he didn’t “want to get into” the tension between states’ rights and federally mandated directives.
“But if you look at what’s going on in this country, I just don’t understand why we’re not doing that,” Fauci added. “We really should be.”
President Donald Trump has yet to issue such a mandate as the coronavirus continues to bloom throughout the U.S. Meanwhile, at least 38 states have ordered their residents to stay home.
Watch Fauci below:
Fauci says there ought to be a federal stay-at-home order: "I don't understand why that's not happening." pic.twitter.com/ShqNsugHoD
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“Earth to Donnie, Earth to Donnie, come in, please!”
The longer Trump waits, the worse it is going to be for this country and him but he just can’t do anything that he hasn’t thought of himself.
Because your boss is an uncaring sociopath and the Kush told Trump that the PPE that he has hoarded will be worth even more shortly…
We need it and need it ASAP. We can see this is working in the states/cities that have implemented stay at home.
This administration put the Pasty-faced Twatwaffle in charge of the fed’s virus response and someone’s wondering why they’re not doing something smart and obvious?
Planet D’oh!