Article contentWASHINGTON — Trump administration officials turned their fire over the weekend on Anthony Fauci, a member of the White House’s own coronavirus task force who has been critical of the U.S. handling of the pandemic. Several administration officials publicly challenged Fauci’s assessment that the U.S. was not “doing great” when compared to other countries’ handling of the virus. Try refreshing your browser, or Trump and coronavirus task force official turn on Fauci: ‘He’s made a lot of mistakes’ Back to videoOn Sunday, Brett Giroir, a health and human services official and member of the same task force, rejected Fauci’s assessment, along with his recommendation that states experiencing a new spike in cases should shut down their economies. “I respect Dr. Fauci a lot, but Dr. Fauci is not 100 per cent right and he also doesn’t necessarily, and he admits that, have the whole national interest in mind,” Giroir told Meet The Press on Sunday. “He looks at it from a very narrow public health point of view.”

Source: National Post July 13, 2020 13:52 UTC