US Coronavirus, Fauci audited in Congress committee: "We haven't closed enough"

2020-07-31T16:43:39.479Z

The difference between the situation in Europe and the more dramatic one in the United States would be linked to the times of the "lockdown": America would have reopened "too soon". Immunologist Anthony Fauci says so during the hearing before the special congressional commission, which investigates the response to the Trump administration pandemic. "We didn't close enough - he explained - and we opened too early". "In European countries while the virus was spreading, 95% of social activities were really locked down, while in the United States about 50%" specified Fauci. "And when we reopened the country again - he added - especially in the southern states we saw 50 thousand, 60 thousand, 70 thousand new cases a day". The virologist is "cautiously optimistic" about the arrival of the vaccine. "We hope - he added - that between late autumn and early winter we will have a safe and effective vaccine". The deadline indicated by the immunologist is different from that on which President Donald Trump is pointing, who asked for the availability of the vaccine for October, before the elections on November 3. "I hope Russia and China test their vaccines" "I hope Russia and China test their vaccines before distributing them." Immunologist Anthony Fauci said this during the hearing before Congress on the response to the coronavirus pandemic. "I think - he explained - that the news of a vaccine ready to be distributed before testing it is at least problematic". According to CNN, Russia wants to be the first in the world to approve an anti-Covid vaccine. The serum, created by the Gamaleya Institute in Moscow, may be available within the next two weeks. Fauci explained that the United States' way of proceeding is "quick" but "prudent". Thirty thousand people will be tested for the safety and efficacy of the vaccine, which could be distributed between late autumn and early winter. Clyburn's accusation in Congress: "In the US health catastrophe" "America is in the middle of a health catastrophe". So James Clyburn, the chairman of the commission, opened the hearing in which, in addition to Fauci, the director of the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Robert Redfield was summoned. "To improve our response - he added - we must identify and correct the mistakes of the past, especially those in progress". Clyburn then criticized the pressure from the White House to reopen the country still grappling with the pandemic and hindered the work of its experts. "The result is that the virus is now out of control," he urged, demanding that the Trump administration "immediately change a national plan based on science, not politics." "We must not wait to see another 150,000 Americans die," Clyburn concluded, explaining that "if you don't act quickly, another 150,000 deaths are a real possibility." "Today's goal is simple: to hear our top experts on the steps needed to end unnecessary death from other Americans. Almost six months after the outbreak, the government has not yet developed a national strategy to protect the American people. We have to correct past mistakes and, above all, ongoing ones "concluded Clyburn. Trump defends himself: "We do more swabs in the world" The US has more cases than Europe because "they do many more tests than any other country in the world, if we did few or bad tests we would have very few cases". So the US president defended himself on Twitter against the accusations made by Clyburn. "Our massive test capability, instead of being praised, is being used by corrupt media and their radical leftist partners - it does nothing as a point of contempt," Trump attacked. "The tampons and what we did so quickly is being used as a weapon by fake news. How sad!" He concluded.