Two Republican lawmakers claim that Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, might be doing more harm than the COVID-19 virus itself as he works with the White House on its response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Reps. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., and Ken Buck, R-Colo., wrote an opinion piece for the Washington Examiner in which they argued that Fauci's recommendations about closing down businesses and keeping people at home, not to mention the projected virus death tolls he's presented that have fallen in recent days, may not be helping the country as a whole.
"We have heard Fauci say the economic cost and societal impacts of his policies were not considered when he devised his epidemic response plan. But the question is whether the medicine he prescribed will prove to be more harmful than the disease in the long term," they wrote.
"Fauci and his team of experts deserve some credit for mitigating the spread of this virus. But they should no longer be the primary voices at the table. Fauci and [Dr. Deborah] Birx have indicated pretty strongly that they do not consider the greater needs of the country."
They added, "Like us, many people we talk to sympathize with and grieve for the victims of the coronavirus, as they do for victims of any disease. But they increasingly feel neglected and forgotten — their lives and futures matter, too. It is time to open the country and protect the most vulnerable in a targeted way."
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