If anyone else wants to make the case that Fauci is a partisan hack; you can start here.<\/p>\n
Fauci holds up New York as model for fighting coronavirus \u2014 \u2018They did it correctly\u2019.<\/a><\/p>\n White House health advisor Anthony Fauci has praised New York for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying the state responded \u201ccorrectly\u201d to bring its outbreak under control.<\/p>\n \u201cWe know that, when you do it properly, you bring down those cases. We have done it. We have done it in New York,\u201d Fauci said in an interview with \u201cPBS NewsHour\u201d that aired Friday evening.<\/p>\n \u201cNew York got hit worse than any place in the world. And they did it correctly by doing the things that you\u2019re talking about,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n New York was once the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States with more than 10,000 new cases a day during its peak outbreak in April. The state has dramatically reduced daily new infections to 776 as of Thursday.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n New York is one of nine U.S. states that has the virus under control, according to the tracking project Covid Act Now. Less than 1% of New Yorkers tested for the virus were positive Thursday, down from a high of more than 40%.<\/p>\n Gov. Andrew Cuomo instituted some of the strictest reopening requirements in the country, insisting that stay-at-home orders remain in place and many businesses remain closed far longer than states that are now seeing surges such as Texas and Florida.<\/p>\n More than 400,000 New Yorkers have been infected by the virus since the pandemic began and at least 32,463 people have died in the state.<\/p>\n New York City is scheduled to enter phase 4 on Monday, the next stage of reopening that allows outdoor activities like zoos, outdoor films and gardens. Indoor restaurants, bars, museums, and malls will remain closed, Cuomo said Friday.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m so proud of what New Yorkers have done. But we must continue to be on alert,\u201d Cuomo tweeted.<\/p>\n Cuomo has warned of a potential second wave of the coronavirus, as dozens of states around the country grapple with a spike in the number of confirmed coronavirus infections after reopening rapidly in the spring. Last Sunday, Florida reported more than 15,000 new infections, more than New York during the peak of its outbreak.<\/p>\n In his comments Friday, Fauci addressed the surges around the country, urging people to wear masks and pushing for the closure of bars to limit the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n \u201cStay away from crowds. Close the bars,\u201d Fauci said. \u201cYou appeal to the people in the local areas, close those bars. They are seriously the \u2014 one of the major reasons why we\u2019re seeing [the surges].\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I think, if we do that for a couple of weeks in a row,\u201d he continued, \u201cI think we\u2019re going to see a turnaround, because we know that that works.\u201d<\/p>\n The coronavirus outbreak has spread worldwide, with more than 14 million confirmed cases and over 597,000 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. has had more than 3.6 million cases and at least 139,302 deaths, according to the latest tallies, more than any other country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If anyone else wants to make the case that Fauci is a partisan hack; you can start here. Fauci holds up New York as model for fighting coronavirus \u2014 \u2018They did it correctly\u2019. 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