Fauci Says "Get Past It" To People Who Won't Wear Masks

Erin Burnett OutFront

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🗓️ 25 June 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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More than half of United States' states has rising case counts as California and Arizona see record high hospitalizations. The number of new coronavirus cases trending higher in 26 states. Hospitals across the United States seeing more young coronavirus patients. New Jersey, New York and Connecticut announces a required 14-day quarantine for hot spot visitors. President Trump won't follow New Jersey quarantine order this weekend, after state announces 14-day quarantine for visitors from hot spots from states with high coronavirus rates. Fauci tells those who have politicized masks to "get past it... it is purely a public health issue." He also says, wearing a mask "should not be a political issue." GOP Senator Rubio said, "everyone should just wear a damn mask." A new projection says more than 30,000 lives in the United States could be saved if everyone wears a mask. Trump slams Democrats for blocking senate GOP police reform bill. He claims they blocked the bill because, "they want to weaken our police." Democrats say the bill doesn't go far enough. Bill fails to ban chokeholds, Trump claims that protesters taking down confederate statues want to remove Jesus Christ statues too. Trump claims many of the people protesting statues don't know "what it means" or "who it is." To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.6	On front next, get past it. Dr. Anthony Fauci's blunt message to people who are making masks,
0:37.3	political. People like the president. This is a new model, projects more than $30, Dr. Anthony Fauci's blunt message to people who are making masks, political. People like the
0:39.2	president. This is a new model. Projects more than 30,000 lives could be saved if everyone just
0:43.5	wears a mask. It's the White House's own model. Plus turning the tables, New York, New Jersey,
0:48.6	and Connecticut imposing a 14-day quarantine for people coming from specific other states.
0:53.6	The New Jersey governor is out front.
0:55.3	And the president saying protesters who want to remove Confederate statues also want
0:59.4	statues of Jesus Christ gone.
1:02.1	What's he talking about?
1:03.3	Let's go out front.
1:06.5	And good evening.
1:07.5	I'm Aaron Burnett.
1:08.2	Outfront tonight.
1:09.3	Get past it.
1:10.2	That is Dr. Anthony Fauci today, an extremely blunt message on masks. He today was asked, what he would say to people, who include the president, who have made wearing a mask sort of a political discussion, you know, sort of, it's my body, my right kind of thing. Here's Dr. Fauci.
1:35.3	There's no secret formula for that except to say, get past it. You know, it should not be a political issue. It is purely a public health issue. Forget the politics. Look at the data.
1:41.3	Get past it, he says.
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