WASHINGTON (AP) – The government’s leading infectious disease expert says he intends to warn the nation Tuesday that “needless suffering and death” will result from a rushed reopening of the economy.
Dr. Anthony Fauci will appear before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension committee at a hearing assessing reopening plans. He is the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Fauci said in an email to the New York Times that his major message will concern the danger of trying to open the country. He says that if checkpoints are skipped in the process, there’s a danger of multiple outbreaks throughout the country.
