Fauci says Trump hasn’t attended a Covid meeting in ‘several months’ – video

Dr Anthony Fauci, the US's top infectious diseases official and a member of the White House taskforce, has joined the call to allow transition talks to begin amid a surge in coronavirus cases. Asked by CNN's Jake Tapper if a normal transition would be to the benefit of public health, he replied: Of course, that's obvious. Of course it would be better if we could starting working with them.' As the calls mount for Trump to get out of the way, the president himself has been virtually silent on the public health disaster swirling around him. According to Fauci, Trump has not attended a meeting of the coronavirus taskforce for several months".

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