In a remarkable split screen moment that will serve as an eerie reminder of America’s chaotic response to the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s top infectious diseases doctor Anthony Fauci issued yet another urgent plea for Americans to mask up, at precisely the same time Monday when US president Donald Trump, now a COVID-19 patient, climbed up the steps to the White House South Portico balcony, ripped off his mask, stuffed it in his pocket and struck a double thumbs-up pose for the photographers assembled below.
Trump, still contagious and “not out of the woods”, according to his medical team, walked into the White House without putting his mask back on. Trump came back after three days at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he was being treated for COVID-19.
“If you have a problem wearing masks and have a problem avoiding crowds, we can have a serious situation as we get into Fall and the winter”, Fauci said at a ticketed event Monday night, as the sun went down on Washington DC.
Fauci has steered clear from Trump-centered soundbites and especially so after the president got infected. On Monday, at a pre-scheduled event, he warned about the dangers of throwing caution “to the wind.” He did not mention Trump by name and refused to be drawn into hypotheticals about the US president.
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