Today's News (2020/3/11) Special update

[solarbird]

All these tweets today, Mar 11, 2020, regarding Anthony S. Fauci (of NIH, NIAID) and his testimony to Congress today. Over a break he was pulled into an emergency meeting by the White House and did not return to Congress.

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CAP Action
twitter.com/CAPAction
https://twitter.com/CAPAction/status/1237757308635156480

Dr. Fauci's response when asked how many people will get and/or die from COVID-19 in the U.S.:

"If we are complacent and don't do really aggressive containment and mitigation, the number could go way up...many, many millions."

Trump has spent WEEKS downplaying the crisis.
[SEE: EMBEDDED VIDEO AT LINK]

Oversight Committee
twitter.com/OversightDems
https://twitter.com/OversightDems/status/1237812206374395914

"I want to point out two critical developments since we recessed this morning. First, who
has now officially declared the #coronavirus outbreak to be a pandemic. Second, the number of confirmed cases has skyrocketed to 938." -Chair twitter.com/RepMaloney

Oversight Committee
twitter.com/OversightDems
https://twitter.com/OversightDems/status/1237820463025401858

"In terms of resuming our hearing today, we have been informed that Dr. Fauci and Dr. Redfield have been unavoidably detained at the White House. We don't know what is going on, but they cannot come back." -Chair twitter.com/RepMaloney

Erin Banco
twitter.com/ErinBanco
https://twitter.com/ErinBanco/status/1237770058245554180

Spoke to several people right before the briefing ended. The line from the admin was that the witnesses were called away for a previously scheduled meeting. That Dr. Fauci had misspoken when he said it was emergency. But no one has been able to say what meeting this is.