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‘No thank you, Dr. Fauci.’ Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick says he won’t listen to nation’s top COVID-19 expert

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Posted: Jul 1, 2020 / 07:35 AM CDTUpdated: Jul 2, 2020 / 08:50 AM CDTAUSTIN (KXAN) — In an appearance on Fox News Tuesday, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told host Laura Ingraham, “I don’t need his advice anymore,” when they were discussing the nation’s top infectious disease doctor, Anthony Fauci.“Fauci said today that he’s concerned about states like Texas that skipped over certain things,” Patrick said “He doesn’t know what he’s talking about. We haven’t skipped over anything. The only thing I’m skipping over is listening to him.”Patrick claimed Fauci “has been wrong every time on every issue,” but did not elaborate.Fauci spoke Tuesday during a Senate hearing, saying more than 50% of new infections in Texas, Florida, California and Arizona are in areas where there are surges.“We’ve got to make sure that when states start to try and open again, they need to follow the guidelines that have been very carefully laid out, with regard to checkpoints,” Fauci said. “What we’ve seen in several states are different iterations of that, perhaps maybe in some, going too quickly and skipping over some of the checkpoints.”Fauci was referring to the in which states are recommended to satisfy criteria related to cases, symptoms and hospitals before proceeding to reopening.as Gov. Greg Abbott announced an executive order that closed bars and limited restaurants to 50% capacity. On that same day, during a White House Coronavirus Task Force meeting.Texas has seen a surge of cases in the past week. As of Tuesday, KXAN’s count — which compiles data from individual counties in the state — shows 167,642 total cases and 2,495 deaths. There were 6,975 new cases reported Tuesday.Patrick told Ingraham that “We’ll listen to a lot of science, we’ll listen to a lot of doctors and Governor Abbott, myself and other state leaders will make the decision — no thank you, Dr. Fauci.”Earlier this week, to inform its actions moving forward, saying his order to shut down bars was a result of “so many people” testing positive who were “contracting it in bar-type settings.”Patrick said he thought stepping back on bars was “the right decision” and that the state needs “help from young people to bring the cases down.”Thanks for signing up!Watch for us in your inbox.Subscribe NowThanks for signing up!Watch for us in your inbox.Subscribe Now✕× Close Ad

Posted: Jul 1, 2020 / 07:35 AM CDTUpdated: Jul 2, 2020 / 08:50 AM CDTAUSTIN (KXAN) — In an appearance on Fox News Tuesday, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told host Laura Ingraham, “I don’t need his advice anymore,” when they were discussing the nation’s top infectious disease doctor, Anthony Fauci.“Fauci said today that he’s concerned about states like Texas that skipped over certain things,” Patrick said “He doesn’t know what he’s talking about. We haven’t skipped over anything. The only thing I’m skipping over is listening to him.”Patrick claimed Fauci “has been wrong every time on every...

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