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Today, Explained

Dr. Fauci on pandemic politics

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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With mounting concerns over the politicization of federal health agencies, Dr. Anthony Fauci explains why Americans should still trust the vaccine approval process. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's today explained, I'm Sean Romis-Firum, but my friends call me Rom.

0:08.6

This coronavirus has been politicized from the jump in the United States, but this week's

0:14.0

pandemic politics have been particularly jarring.

0:17.7

It started on Monday, the CDC pulled guidance from its website that said that this virus

0:23.5

mainly spreads by air.

0:25.5

It's that they'd only posted Friday guidance widely accepted as fact in the scientific

0:31.1

community, but the CDC pulled it and said it had been posted in error.

0:36.0

Not a great look.

0:37.4

Lots of unanswered questions.

0:39.1

Then on Wednesday, Dr. Stephen Hahn, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, appeared

0:44.1

before the Senate to reassure the nation that the vaccine approval process would not

0:49.0

be politicized.

0:50.4

That, a host of experts outside the organization would weigh in before any approvals were granted.

0:57.4

Almost immediately after that happened, President Trump said in a briefing that may or may

1:02.1

not happen, and that the whole thing sounded, quote, like a political move.

1:07.6

At that same Senate hearing Wednesday, we saw something rare.

1:11.7

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country's top infectious diseases expert, seemed to lose his cool with

1:18.4

Senator Rand Paul.

1:20.3

You've been a big fan of Cuomo and the shutdown of New York.

1:23.3

You've lauded New York for their policy.

1:25.0

New York had the highest death rate in the world.

1:26.9

How can we possibly be jumping up and down and saying, oh, Governor Cuomo did a great job?

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