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EDITORS' PICK|41,943 views|Apr 2, 2020,05:09am EDT
Coronavirus Expert Dr. Anthony Fauci’s Personal Security Has Been Stepped Up After Threats To His Safety
Source:https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabel...-up-after-threats-to-his-safety/#55eb17c82b90
Topline: Dr Anthony Fauci, the leading medical voice in the White House coronavirus task force, has had his personal security beefed up amid rising threats to his safety, as he continues to urge social distancing measures to help slow the COVID-19 crisis in the U.S.
Key background: As the crisis escalates rapidly in the U.S., Fauci has been among the voices of medical science to strongly recommend sticking with data and maintaining social distancing measures for as long as is necessary, often putting him at odds with the President, who had earlier hoped that America’s economy would reopen by Easter. His position has often been opposed by some Republican lawmakers, and even Trump, who have previously tried to talk down the severity of the virus over fears of long-term economic consequences. Fauci has also been the target of conspiracy theorists and attacks online from conservative sites, while the hashtag “FauciFraud” has been used by more than 70 Twitter TWTR accounts, analysis by the New York Times NYT found.
Tangent: The global tally of confirmed infections to date is expected to hit a million this week, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, which has compiled data on global cases.
Coronavirus Expert Dr. Anthony Fauci’s Personal Security Has Been Stepped Up After Threats To His Safety
Source:https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabel...-up-after-threats-to-his-safety/#55eb17c82b90
Topline: Dr Anthony Fauci, the leading medical voice in the White House coronavirus task force, has had his personal security beefed up amid rising threats to his safety, as he continues to urge social distancing measures to help slow the COVID-19 crisis in the U.S.
- Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has emerged as one of the most recognizable faces in the U.S. government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
- He often appears alongside President Trump at the daily press briefings and has strongly recommended social distancing measures that have seen non-essential businesses and schools across the country close, to slow the spread of the potentially deadly virus.
- But officers from the Department of Health and Human Services are now providing personal protection for Fauci, following threats to his safety.
- Fauci, 79, is also receiving protection at his Washington, D.C., home from the Metropolitan Police Department, CNN reported. The medical expert, director of NIAID since the 1980s, has served six U.S. presidents.
- But during Wednesday’s press briefing, Trump took to the podium to address the security of Fauci, as well as coronavirus response coordinator Dr Deborah Birx. “(He) doesn't need security, everybody loves them,” said Trump. “Besides that, they'd be in big trouble if they ever attacked.”
- The U.S. has in recent days become the center of the pandemic, with the most confirmed cases in the world (216,000), while more than 5,100 people have died.
- Trump issued a stark warning earlier this week that coronavirus could claim the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans but held back from announcing nationwide measures to enforce social distancing despite growing criticism of the federal government’s slow response to the crisis.
Key background: As the crisis escalates rapidly in the U.S., Fauci has been among the voices of medical science to strongly recommend sticking with data and maintaining social distancing measures for as long as is necessary, often putting him at odds with the President, who had earlier hoped that America’s economy would reopen by Easter. His position has often been opposed by some Republican lawmakers, and even Trump, who have previously tried to talk down the severity of the virus over fears of long-term economic consequences. Fauci has also been the target of conspiracy theorists and attacks online from conservative sites, while the hashtag “FauciFraud” has been used by more than 70 Twitter TWTR accounts, analysis by the New York Times NYT found.
Tangent: The global tally of confirmed infections to date is expected to hit a million this week, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, which has compiled data on global cases.
