Fauci: White House's Marathon Virus Briefings Are 'Really Draining'

[babylonsister]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/fauci-says-white-houses-marathon-virus-briefings-are-really-draining?ref=home


Fauci: White House’s Marathon Virus Briefings Are ‘Really Draining’
TOO MUCH
Emma Tucker
Published Apr. 14, 2020 12:30PM ET

Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Tuesday that coronavirus press briefings are “important for the American public” but can be “really draining,” referring to Trump’s two-and-a-half hour briefing on Monday. “If I had been able to just make a few comments and then go to work, that would have really been much better,” the top infectious disease expert said. “It isn’t the idea of being there and answering questions, which I really think is important for the American public. It’s the amount of time.” Fauci also cautioned that the United States does not have the critical blood tests and capabilities to track contacts of an infected person that are necessary to begin reopening the economy, the Associated Press reported. “We have to have something in place that is efficient and that we can rely on, and we’re not there yet,” he told the AP. President Trump has pushed for a May 1 goal of possibly reopening parts of the country, which Fauci called “a bit overly optimistic.” “I’ll guarantee you, once you start pulling back there will be infections. It’s how you deal with the infections that’s going to count,” Fauci told the AP.

[ooky]

1. Most of the time, of course, is Trump's ruminating. I'm sure it

is frustrating for a professional like Fauci to stand there and endure that.

[Frustratedlady]

8. This is obviously a replacement for not being able to have rallies.

He has to have the exposure and cheers. Being cooped up in the WH probably adds to the need to put on his show. I suspect the only thing that ends his self-aggrandizement is that his bladder is full.

[lunatica]

11. Or maybe it's a sign that he wears diapers.

[rurallib]

2. Maybe like walking through a field of bullshit, Doc?

Stinks like it also

[spanone]

3. They could do these 'briefings' in 15 minutes max. trump is a product of TV.

he lives for it. he thinks he's winning.

[dreamland]

4. If only msm would just skip everything bloated and

Just show the 15 minutes of information updates.

[Turbineguy]

5. Draining.

Narcissists will suck out your soul, Doctor.

[tblue37]

6. AND they are forced to stand there the whole time! I couldn't do it, and I am 10 years

younger than he is!

[gratuitous]

7. I think of nothing so much as party meetings under Stalin

Sessions would go on forever, primarily because when Stalin was introduced, everyone had to jump up and applaud like man. There were observers around the auditorium who would keep an eagle eye out for whoever stopped clapping first. Anyone who didn't feel like going on a Siberian vacation or getting a sudden case of lead poisoning had to keep clapping as if their lives depended on it. Which it did.

[Sunriser13]

9. I read an interview with Dr. Fauci a week or two ago.

Days have become so long and crazy I can't remember exactly.

But Dr. Fauci stated he was on the go often 20 hours a day! This man is almost 80!

I sure wish I had that kind of stamina, and I'm quite a bit younger...

[Ilsa]

10. Fauci and Birq could be sitting or lying down,

resting their bodies and brains for two hours, instead of doing nothing at these so-called briefings, except for getting more tired.

[Crunchy Frog]

12. It must be exhausting having to babysit Trump's ego, and try to do important public health work

during a pandemic.

And he's not nearly as young as he looks.

[SeattleVet]

13. It must take a hell of a lot of energy to stand there with a straight face...

while listening to him spew another hour or so of total bullshit.

[lame54]

14. It's getting Trump out of the way that counts