I wish would Fauci say that
But @andersoncooper's Q explicitly bracketed federal role: "whether there should be a federally mandated directive for that or not I guess that's more of a political question, just scientifically doesn't everybody have to be on the same page"
"As you said, the tension between federally mandated versus states rights to do what they want IS SOMETHING I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO. But if you look at what is going on in this country, I do not understand why we are not doing that. We really should be."
The @IHME_UW model Birx and Fauci laud assumes all 50 states adopt aggressive measures to flatten the curve.