The politicization of COVID-19 is the most extreme of any health problem that Dr. Anthony Fauci has seen in his career, the infectious disease expert revealed in his latest review of the coronavirus pandemic. The battle against the disease has “taken on a political tone like nothing I’ve ever seen,” Fauci said in an interview Thursday arranged by National Geographic magazine. The animosity and pushback he experienced while battling HIV and AIDS were “never anything” as “serious” as it is now, when he and his family have been threatened with death as he works to protect public health, Fauci explained. But in “red zones,” where cases are surging, “local leaders and parents should carefully consider whether they want to put kids back in school under those circumstances.”Fauci also expressed skepticism about a purported COVID-19 vaccine from Russia. But people couldn’t then throw “caution to the wind.” Such a vaccination would be a “very important additional tool” to public health measures.

Source: Huffington Post August 15, 2020 02:15 UTC