Trump barred a top health expert from speaking freely about the coronavirus.

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It's one of many ways the administration has muzzled scientists.

Anthony Fauci has been the director of the US' National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for 36 years. He guided the US through the AIDS and Ebola epidemics, and is now helping to lead the response to the new coronavirus outbreak.

But the Trump administration has reportedly barred him from speaking about the virus without clearance from the White House, according to The New York Times.

The coronavirus has killed nearly 3,000 people and infected 83,800. It has spread from China to more than 55 other countries.

Although Trump said the US is "rapidly developing a vaccine" for the coronavirus and "will essentially have a flu shot for this in a fairly quick manner," Fauci has estimated that we're between a year and a year-and-a-half away from a vaccine. Trump also expressed optimism that COVID-19 — the disease the virus causes — will disappear, but Fauci has suggested the world is on the brink of a pandemic.

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-barred-top-health-expert-224800089.html

Idiocracy

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1. This surely is a crime, and impacts national security, to not speak out about this ...

deadly disease so others can be more educated. What's next, to outlaw even talking about Cancer or Heart Disease? Idiots.

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2. Agree,

It is a matter of national security to know if the American population is safe