“They said it was something like 24 cases in this wet market¬- where these exotic animals are sold and there is a human/animal interface¬-” said Fauci¬- per bit.ly/2wDTKZe by Sarah K. Burris in @RawStory [pls RT]...1/10
“... [said Fauci] The proposal made by the authorities in China where this was just jumping from an animal to a human¬- and it wasn’t spread from human-to-human¬- per bit.ly/2wDTKZe [pls RT] ...2 /10
“... [said Fauci] Then it became clear¬- when you look back¬- that it was likely in China that there was human-to-human spread¬- By the time we got that information and we started getting cases here¬- it was¬- ‘well¬-per bit.ly/2wDTKZe [pls RT] ... 3/10
“... [said Fauci] it’s not efficiently spread from human-to-human¬-’ As soon as it became clear that there was community spread¬- which means that it isn’t just a travel-related case¬- per bit.ly/2wDTKZe [pls RT] ... 4/10
“... [said Fauci] that there are cases that are in the community under the radar screen¬- then it became clear that we were in real trouble¬- per bit.ly/2wDTKZe [pls RT] ... 5/10
“... ”Sharpton asked when that was and Fauci said that it was toward the middle to end of January¬-“And did you begin advising the administration and those authorities that we were¬- in fact¬- per bit.ly/2wDTKZe [pls RT] ... 6/10
“... seeing something different here and thisCould be a major problem atThat time? ”asked Sharpton,“[said Fauci] You bet”Fauci said emphatically“And then that’s when it became clear that there are a couple of ways of addressing that per bit.ly/2wDTKZe [pls RT] ... 7/10
“... [said Fauci]You could either prevent or try to block the influx of new cases from out ofTheCountry& already cases had come in from ChinaTo try to say¬- ‘That’s it¬- we got to stop that because now we already have cases here¬-’ per bit.ly/2wDTKZe [pls RT] ...8/10
“... [said Fauci] And then it switched to Europe¬- and when Italy had their outbreak¬- it became clear that that became a danger¬- So¬- that’s when cases were cut off from coming in from Europe and then¬- per bit.ly/2wDTKZe [pls RT] ... 9/10
“... [said Fauci]ultimately the U.K. but byThat timeWe had enoughCases inOur ownCountry thatThe abilityTo doThe containment slipped then into the need for mitigation and we saw what happened in New York” per bit.ly/2wDTKZe by Sarah K. Burris in @RawStory [pls RT] 10/10
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