WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci capped off a week of controversial comments with an appearance Friday morning at the National Press Club, during which he sought to give an overview of where the COVID-19 pandemic currently stands.
It has been one of those weeks that have seen Fauci’s polarizing presence frequently in news, his efforts to explain the current moment of the coronavirus pandemic dissected and criticized by a bitterly divided public.
On Tuesday, he told “PBS NewsHour” that the United States appeared to be “out of the pandemic phase,” irritating some public health experts who found the prediction cavalier. He revised those remarks in a Washington Post interview the following