Woodward wanted to know how much of Fauci’s lengthy expertise on diseases like covid-19, the one caused by the novel coronavirus, had been imparted to the president. “Yes, I guess,” he said, “but honestly there’s not a lot of time for that, Bob. One of that latter group was Trump himself, who was confirmed last week to have contracted the virus. Since his diagnosis, he declared proudly in a video published on Sunday, he has finally had time to learn about the virus and about covid-19. That after months of experts like Fauci warning about how not to behave in response to the virus, Trump now appreciates the rationale undergirding those opinions.

Source: Washington Post October 05, 2020 13:55 UTC