WASHINGTON, Oct 12 — Top US infectious diseases expert Dr Anthony Fauci said yesterday he had not agreed to be featured in an ad by President Donald Trump's re-election campaign and that his comments were taken out of context. The ad, released last week, discusses Trump's effort to recover from...
Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies on the Covid-19 crisis in Washington July 31, 2020. — Pool pic via Reuters
“In my nearly five decades of public service, I have never publicly endorsed any political candidate,” Fauci said in a statement. “As Dr Fauci recently testified in the Senate, President Trump took the virus seriously from the beginning, acted quickly, and saved lives,” Murtaugh's statement added.
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