Trump Rallies Raise Concern About Spread of Virus, Fauci Says
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President Donald Trump’s planned campaign rallies this week -- starting with one on Monday night in Florida -- threaten to advance the spread of the coronavirus, warned Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert.
“Look at it purely in the context of public health,” Fauci said on CNN. “We know that that is asking for trouble when you do that. We’ve seen that when you have situations of congregant settings where there are a lot of people without masks, the data speak for themselves.”