Fauci: 'I think you can trust me' on my track record
Fauci: 'I think you can trust me' on my track record
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Anthony Fauci said the public can trust him when he provides guidance on the coronavirus based on his track record as he comes under increasingly public attacks from some administration officials.
“I believe, for the most part, you can trust respected medical authorities,” Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, said Tuesday during a Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service event. “I believe I’m one of them, so I think you can trust me.”
Fauci was responding to a question regarding who the public should trust when looking for guidance regarding safe practices during the pandemic as officials and the White House give conflicting messages over the seriousness of recent spikes in COVID-19 cases across the country.
“I would stick with respected medical authorities who have a track record of telling the truth, who have a track record of giving information and policy and recommendations based on scientific evidence and good data,” he said. “So if I were to give advice to you and your family and your friends and your family, I would say that’s the safest bet to do, to listen to the recommendations from that category of people.
Trump this week shared a Twitter post accusing doctors and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of "lying" in order to influence the November election.
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