Fox News anchor Chris Wallace pressed Surgeon General Jerome Adams to explain why the administration of President Donald Trump has not put forward a national stay-at-home order to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, despite the advice of many health experts.
Wallace interviewed Adams on his weekly show Fox News Sunday , pointing out that even Dr. Anthony Fauci – the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who is a key figure of Trump’s Coronavirus Task Force – has expressed support for a national lockdown. But Trump has insisted that governors should decide whether or not to give such an order within their own states.
“Dr. Adams, the coronavirus is not a state issue. It does not follow or respect state borders. Dr. Fauci says he believes that there should be a national stay-at-home order, “Wallace pointed out. “Is he wrong?” he asked.
Adams noted that “most” people are “doing the right thing” nationwide, saying that “over percent of the country is staying at home. ” He said that many people were even staying home in the few states that have not implemented lockdowns. The surgeon general then compared the coronavirus to the opioid epidemic and smoking. He argued that states generally handle those issues differently, pointing out that more people will die from smoking than coronavirus.
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