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America’s leading public health expert Anthony Fauci has confirmed what the record figures are telling us – the US is sliding backwards on its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
“We are going in the wrong direction,” Fauci just told the Senate.
4.56pm BST
A leading Republican senator says Donald Trump should start wearing a mask at least some of the time because politics is getting in the way of protecting the American people from Covid-19.
“The stakes are too high for the political debate about pro-Trump, anti-Trump masks to continue,” says Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, the chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee that’s currently holding a hearing with top public health expert Anthony Fauci and CDC director Bob Redfield as witnesses.
Sen. Lamar Alexander calls on Pres. Trump to “occasionally wear a mask…The president has plenty of admirers. They would follow his lead. It would help end this political debate.” https://t.co/P2hctgbbJp pic.twitter.com/ISyq9dmlP2
Fox Host Urges Trump To Wear A Mask: ‘MAGA Should Now Stand For Masks Are Great Again’ https://t.co/fHspjBQg6f pic.twitter.com/jIZ3qAc7Lb
Related: How did face masks become a political issue in America?
Continue reading…Reports: ‘Russian bounties’ intelligence was in Trump daily briefingEU bans travelers from USHealth workers filed more than 4,000 complaints about protective gearFriends and family pay tribute to Elijah McClainArizona and other states revers reopeningSign up to our First Thing newsletter 5.08pm BSTAmerica’s leading public health expert Anthony Fauci has confirmed what the record figures are telling us – the US is sliding backwards on its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.“We are going in the wrong direction,” Fauci just told the Senate. 4.56pm BSTA leading Republican senator says Donald Trump should start wearing a mask at least some of the time because politics is getting in the way of protecting the American people from Covid-19.“The stakes are too high for the political debate about pro-Trump, anti-Trump masks to continue,” says Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, the chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee that’s currently holding a hearing with top public health expert Anthony Fauci and CDC director Bob Redfield as witnesses.Sen. Lamar Alexander calls on Pres. Trump to “occasionally wear a mask…The president has plenty of admirers. They would follow his lead. It would help end this political debate.” https://t.co/P2hctgbbJp pic.twitter.com/ISyq9dmlP2Fox Host Urges Trump To Wear A Mask: ‘MAGA Should Now Stand For Masks Are Great Again’ https://t.co/fHspjBQg6f pic.twitter.com/jIZ3qAc7Lb Related: How did face masks become a political issue in America? Continue reading…