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> * “We don’t need to ban travelers from China, that’s absurd and xenophobic!” Fauci and the CDC were the ones who told Trump in January to ban travel, if you
by javagram 5y ago
> * “We don’t need to ban travelers from China, that’s absurd and xenophobic!”
Fauci and the CDC were the ones who told Trump in January to ban travel, if you didn’t know. Fauci spoke in public in January 30, 2020 in favor of the ban.
Trump claimed many months later the opposite but he is a known liar.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fauci-china-restrictions/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fauci-china-restrictions/
“ According to a March 2020 Wall Street Journal article, it was HHS health officials (including Fauci) who had to convince Trump to agree to the China travel ban, not the other way around:”
> 2 weeks to slow the spread, then this will all be over”
Unclear why you put this in quotes. This was the message from certain politicians like Trump, but it was never said by anyone who would typically be called an expert.