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Fauci Responds To Trump's Problematic Tweets About The Coronavirus

Twitter removed several of Trump's tweets about a video claiming that face masks are unnecessary and promoting the use of hydroxychloroquine.
Fauci Responds To Trump’s Problematic Tweets About The Coronavirus
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By Breanna Edwards · Updated November 4, 2020

Anthony Fauci, M.D., the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, is once again setting the record straight on known facts about the coronavirus and the best ways to combat it, after Donald Trump shared a series of controversial tweets on Monday evening that ended up being removed by Twitter.

In an interview with Good Morning America, Fauci reiterated that currently, the best way to help battle the virus was by wearing a mask and maintaining social distance, while also doubling down on noting that hydroxychloroquine has no proven effect in battling COVID-19.

“We should all be wearing masks outside,” Fauci insisted. “Avoid crowds, close bars in areas where there’s viral activity, and do hand hygiene. There’s no question about that.”

.@ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE: Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks to @GStephanopoulos about his response to Pres. Trump’s tweets, how states can avoid COVID-19 surges and why he is “cautiously optimistic” about a vaccine. https://t.co/JgCvhTifYS pic.twitter.com/BOcoCbyrqa

— Good Morning America (@GMA) July 28, 2020

This line of questioning all started because on Monday evening, Trump decided to share via Twitter multiple clips of a video apparently showing a group of doctors who were making misleading and/or false claims about the pandemic, as the Washington Post reports.

In the video, there were claims that face masks and lockdowns were not needed to combat the virus before he then started to share tweets defending the use of hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug that he has supported the use of before, and a drug that he has even taken himself.

Fauci Responds To Trump’s Problematic Tweets About The Coronavirus
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on July 13, 2020 shows US President Donald Trump in Phoenix, Arizona, June 23, 2020 and Anthony Fauci , director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Washington, DC on April 29, 2020. – As Florida reports a record surge of deaths due to COVID-19, President Trump called out Dr. Fauci on Fox News for making “a lot of mistakes”, while The White House stated “several White House officials are concerned about the number of times Dr. Fauci has been wrong on things”. Fauci, for his part, has contradicted the President by saying that “the country is not doing well in comparison to other countries handling of the virus”. (Photos by SAUL LOEB and MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB,MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Twitter quickly moved to remove the problematic tweets, with a spokesperson telling the Post, “Tweets with the video are in violation of our COVID-19 misinformation policy.”

Fauci has contradicted Trump before in the past, and the two have continually been at odds, including times when the President retweeted a call to “Fire Fauci” back in April and, of course, more recently when he retweeted claims that Fauci was misleading Americans.

However, Fauci remains unflappable as always, telling GMA, “I have not been misleading the American public under any circumstances.

“I’m just going to certainly continue doing my job, he added. “I don’t tweet. I don’t even read them, so I don’t really want to go there.”

TOPICS:  Anthony Fauci coronavirus Donald Trump hydroxychloroquine
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