Fauci explains when we will achieve herd immunity 4:29
(CNN) -
Dr. Anthony Fauci contradicted a tweet by President Donald Trump about the number of deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, telling ABC's Martha Raddatz, "the deaths are real deaths."
Trump took to Twitter on Sunday morning with his repeated incorrect claim that the United States has a higher number of coronavirus victims than any other country due to better evidence.
There is no support for the false claim and Fauci said so.
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"All you need to do is go out into the trenches, go to the hospitals, see what health workers are dealing with," Fauci said.
“They are under very stressful situations in many areas of the country.
Hospital beds are at the limit, people are running out of beds, they are running out of trained personnel who are exhausted at the moment, ”added Fauci, who is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and one of the main advisers of White House coronavirus.
"This is real.
It is not false.
That's real, ”Fauci said.
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