“The AAMC is extremely concerned and alarmed by efforts to discredit Anthony Fauci, MD, our nation's top infectious disease expert," Association of American Medical Colleges President and CEO David J. Skorton, MD, and AAMC Chief Scientific Officer Ross McKinney, Jr., MD, said in a statement Monday. "America should be applauding Dr. Fauci for his service and following his advice, not undermining his credibility at this critical time."
“The only way out of this pandemic is by following the science, and developing evidence-based prevention practices and treatment protocols as new scientifically rigorous data become available," said Thomas File Jr., MD, president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), in a statement. "If we have any hope of ending this crisis, all of America must support public health experts, including Dr. Fauci, and stand with science."
“We have been very fortunate to have Dr. Fauci at the helm directing infectious diseases research at NIH for so many years," association chair Judith Feinberg, MD, said in a statement. "His leadership and support of a rigorous scientific process has been critical to transforming HIV from a death sentence to a chronic condition, saving millions of lives worldwide. His voice and expertise need to be amplified not silenced if we are going to get control of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has now taken the lives of more than 135,000 Americans and more than 570,000 people worldwide."
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“It's interesting: he's got a very good approval rating. And I like that, it's good," he went on. "Because remember: he's working for this administration. He's working with us. We could have gotten other people. We could have gotten somebody else. It didn't have to be Dr. Fauci. He's working with our administration. And for the most part we've done what he and others -- and Dr. Birx and others -- have recommended.
Trump continued: "And he's got this high approval rating. So why don't I have a high approval rating with respect -- and the administration -- with respect to the virus? We should have it very high.
"So it sort of is curious," Trump said, "a man works for us, with us, very closely, Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx also, very highly thought of -- and yet, they're highly thought of, but nobody likes me?
"It can only be my personality, that's all," he said.
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