One-on-one with Dr. Anthony Fauci; U.S. coronavirus cases top 3.8 million, nearly 141,000 dead; Senate GOP battling WH, not Democrats, over new stimulus plan; Florida, Texas lead nation in daily coronavirus deaths; Trump to hold briefing, unclear if task force members will attend;
Dr. Fauci on not attending today’s briefing with Trump; Dr. Fauci: As a whole, we need to improve testing; Dr. Fauci: I consider myself a realist rather than an alarmist; Dr. Fauci: I would not wait to see if one vaccine is better than another; Dr. Fauci: We should try “as best as we can” to get children back to school; 3 million more infections and 86K deaths since President Trump last held a coronavirus briefing; CDC number of Americans who’ve had COVID-19 could be 6 to 24 times more than the official count; Texas reports several days in a row of over 10,000 new cases; Surgeon General: U.S. needs to lower COVID-19 transmission rate; 54 hospital intensive care units have reached capacity in FL; Drugmaker says Astrazeneca/Oxford vaccine could be ready by Sept.; Meadows on stimulus negotiations: “At our own 20 yard line”; Top WH officials meeting with lawmakers on next economic deal; McConnell supports another round of direct payments to Americans; 1,100 inmates with virus at federal prison in Texas; 500+ women with virus at another Texas facility; While Trump publicly attacks China, the Trump Org has bought more than 8 tons of goods from China; City of Houston lost three employees in one week to virus; Texas border county orders people to stay home as cases surge;