Fauci warns: More death, econ damage if US reopens too fast

May 13, 20200

Win Mcnamee – New York Times count

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testified remotely Tuesday during a Senate Committee for Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing.

WASHINGTON - The U.S. government's top infectious disease expert issued a blunt warning Tuesday that cities and states could "turn back the clock" and see more COVID-19 deaths and economic damage alike if they lift coronavirus stay-at-home orders too fast -- a sharp contrast as President Donald Trump pushes to right a free-falling economy.

"There is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak that you may not be able to control," Dr. Anthony Fauci warned a Senate committee and the nation as more than two dozen states have begun to lift their lockdowns as a first step toward economic recovery.

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