![]() Q: What about the travel restrictions? Trump keeps saying that the travel ban for China, which began 2 February, had a big impact on slowing the spread of the virus to the United States and that he wishes China would have told us 3 to 4 months earlier and that they were "very secretive." (China did not immediately reveal the discovery of a new coronavirus in late December 2019, but by 10 January, Chinese researchers made the sequence of the virus public.) It just doesn' t comport with facts.Ī: I know, but what do you want me to do? I mean, seriously Jon, let's get real, what do you want me to do? And there are certainly more than 10 journalists there asking questions.Ī: I know that. Q: You' re standing there saying nobody should gather with more than 10 people and there are almost 10 people with you on the stage. But when you're dealing with the White House, sometimes you have to say things one, two, three, four times, and then it happens. I keep saying, "Is there any way we can get a virtual press conference?" Thus far, no. The situation on stage is a bit more problematic. He keeps people out of the room-as soon as the room gets like more than 10 people or so, it's, "Out, everybody else out, go to a different room." So with regard to the task force, the vice president is really a bear in making sure that we don't crowd 30 people into the Situation Room, which is always crowded. To his credit, the vice president is really pushing for physical separation of the task force. Not only that-we should be physically separating a bit more on those press conferences. You must have had a reaction like, "Sir, please don't do that."Ī: Yes, I say that to the task force. Q: You stood nearby while President Trump was in the Rose Garden shaking hands with people. It is expressed in a way that I would not express it, because it could lead to some misunderstanding about what the facts are about a given subject. Q: You've been in press conferences where things are happening that you disagree with, is that fair to say?Ī: Well, I don't disagree in the substance. But on substantive issues, he does listen to what I say. Q: How are you managing to not get fired?Ī: Well, that's pretty interesting because to credit, even though we disagree on some things, he listens. I mean, I'm not, to my knowledge, coronavirus infected. ![]() Q: The first question everyone has is how are you?Ī: Well, I'm sort of exhausted. ![]() This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity. Shortly before he planned to head to the White House for a task force meeting today, he phoned ScienceInsider for a speedy chat. He then usually flanks President Donald Trump addressing the media-and when he isn't there, concerned tweets begin immediately. Now, the director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has even less time to sleep and travels at warp speed, typically racing daily from his office north of Washington, D.C., to his home in the capital, and then to the White House to gather with the Coronavirus Task Force in the Situation Room. ![]() ![]() The strategy builds on the intelligence community’s decision to publicize what it knew of Russia’s plans to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and is credited with preparing a united response among the U.S., Ukraine and its allies.Anthony Fauci, who to many watching the now-regular White House press briefings on the pandemic has become the scientific voice of reason about how to respond to the new coronavirus, runs from place to place in normal times and works long hours. The declassified intelligence warnings are part of a strategy by the Biden administration to publicize what officials know of what they consider Russian malign activity, in an attempt to preempt and counter disinformation narratives coming from Moscow. “While the activities of Russian groups attempting to target Moldova are of concern, we should not overestimate their capabilities,” he added. is confident in the Moldovan government’s ability to counter these threats. “Additionally, we expect another set of Russian actors to provide training, and help manufacture demonstrations in Moldova,” Kirby said, but added that the U.S. has intelligence that Russian actors, some with ties to Russian intelligence operations, are seeking to stage and use protests in Moldova to “foment a manufactured insurrection against the Moldovan government.” White House national security spokesman John Kirby said on Friday that the U.S. does not see an immediate military threat against the small, Eastern European country that sits on the border of Ukraine. The Biden administration is warning that Russia is sowing the seeds to overthrow the Moldovan government, but added the U.S. ![]()
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