White House slams Anthony Fauci for criticising Trump’s Covid-19 approach

Washington — The White House slammed Anthony Fauci after the nation’s leading infectious disease expert ramped up criticism of the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, predicted in a Washington Post interview published on Saturday night that the US is “in for a whole lot of hurt” from the Covid-19 pandemic, and forecast a rising death toll over the winter...

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