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A health official hired by a Donald Trump appointee has been working to prevent Dr Anthony Fauci from talking about dangers that Covid-19 poses to children, Politico reported on Wednesday.
The attempts by Dr Paul Alexander – who serves as a senior adviser to Michael Caputo, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) assistant public affairs secretary – were described in emails obtained by Politico.
Related: Trump official preventing Fauci from discussing Covid children risk – report
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Here is a video of US President Donald Trump saying he was ‘trying to avoid panic’ by not revealing the severity of Covid-19, despite CNN audio published on Wednesday from an interview in February in which he acknowledged the virus was ‘deadly’:
Continue reading…Trump said he ‘played down’ threat because he ‘didn’t want to create panic’; France sees second highest one-day case total; Netherlands and Portugal see highest cases since April. Follow the latest updates Trump knew Covid was deadly but wanted to ‘play it down’, Woodward book saysGlobal deaths pass 900,000Oxford vaccine trial pause – should we be worried?Oxford Covid-19 vaccine trial participant undeterred by pauseSee all our coronavirus coverage 1.11am BSTA health official hired by a Donald Trump appointee has been working to prevent Dr Anthony Fauci from talking about dangers that Covid-19 poses to children, Politico reported on Wednesday.The attempts by Dr Paul Alexander – who serves as a senior adviser to Michael Caputo, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) assistant public affairs secretary – were described in emails obtained by Politico. Related: Trump official preventing Fauci from discussing Covid children risk – report 1.09am BSTHere is a video of US President Donald Trump saying he was ‘trying to avoid panic’ by not revealing the severity of Covid-19, despite CNN audio published on Wednesday from an interview in February in which he acknowledged the virus was ‘deadly’: Continue reading…