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    Fauci: Trump Administration’s Handling of COVID-19 ‘Likely Did’ Cause Deaths

    Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Friday that former president Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus crisis “very likely did” cause deaths. During an interview with CNN’s “New Day,” the nation’s top infectious disease expert said, “What we’ve had, John — there’s no secret — We’ve had a lot of divisiveness, we’ve had facts that were very, very clear that were questioned. People were not trusting what health officials were saying. There was great divisiveness. Masking became a political issue.” Fauci

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    Mutated Coronavirus Strain Detected in San Diego County

    A new, mutated strain of the coronavirus that was first identified in the United Kingdom has infected a 30-year-old man in San Diego with “no travel history,” county officials said on Wednesday.“This individual does in fact have the U.K. variant strain of COVID-19. Because there is no travel history, we believe this is not an isolated case in San Diego County, and there are probably other strains, other cases of this same strain in San Diego County,” San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher s

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    Trump Ends Obama’s 12-Year Streak as America’s Most Admired Man

    Outgoing president Donald Trump ended his predecessor Barack Obama’s 12-year run as the most admired man in Gallup’s annual poll Tuesday.For the first time since 2008, Obama slid to second place, securing 15% of the vote compared to Trump’s 18%.Former first lady Michelle Obama was the most admired woman for the third year in a row with a 10% response rate while Vice President-elect Kamala Harris came in second place with 6%. Current first lady Melania Trump was behind her with 4%.Also Read: Trum

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    Trump Admits He Failed in Biden Campaign’s Deliciously Petty Ad

    Ever thought you’d hear President Trump admit he failed at managing the COVID-19 pandemic? Us neither, but that didn’t stop the Biden campaign from taking some cues from the Trump campaign in crafting its latest attack ad.Coming in response to the Trump campaign’s ad released last week, which featured comments from Dr. Anthony Fauci that he says were taken out of context and used in without his permission, the Biden campaign edited together clearly different, out-of-context snippets of Trump’s p

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    Dr Anthony Fauci Says Tucker Carlson ‘Triggers Some of the Crazies in Society’

    Dr. Anthony Fauci on Friday skewered Fox News host Tucker Carlson, saying he “triggers some of the crazies in society” with his criticism and commentary on the COVID-19 pandemic.Fauci’s barb came during an interview with The Washington Post’s Geoff Edgers, who shared several recent digs Carlson has taken at the doctor, including calling him “Lord Fauci,” a “buffoon” and saying “Fauci has made a lot of wrong predictions.” Carlson has also said, “there is nothing Dr. Anthony Fauci won’t opine on a

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    Dr Fauci Corrects Fox News’ Laura Ingraham on ‘Misleading’ Coronavirus Claim (Video)

    On her Fox News show Thursday night, Laura Ingraham made a coronavirus comparison Dr. Anthony Fauci was quick to correct and call “misleading.”“Laura, this is different,” the nation’s top infectious disease expert told Ingraham when she compared the responses to SARS and AIDS to the response of the current coronavirus pandemic.Fauci, who is a leading member of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus taskforce, explained, “HIV/AIDS is entirely different. We don’t have a vaccine for HIV/AIDS but we h

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    Joe Scarborough to Rush Limbaugh: Go ‘Bag Groceries’ if You Want to Restart the Economy

    On Friday’s “Morning Joe,” host Joe Scarborough offered some on-air advice to conservative radio scion Rush Limbaugh, who’s been vocal about his doubts regarding the seriousness of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic: Bag groceries if you want to restart the economy.On multiple occasions, Limbaugh has cast doubt on the number of coronavirus deaths, saying on Tuesday “there may be some politics involved” in what he thought were overinflated numbers. Public health experts, of course, believe the oppo

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