Trump Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine Without Public Knowing a ‘Lost Opportunity’: Fauci
The public recently found out that former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump received the COVID-19 vaccine. But, Dr. Anthony Fauci believes it was a “lost opportunity” they were not inoculated…
The public recently found out that former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump received the COVID-19 vaccine. But, Dr. Anthony Fauci believes it was a “lost opportunity” they were not inoculated publicly.
Fauci revealed during a CNN interview on Wednesday evening that he was “not aware” of Donald Trump receiving the COVID-19 vaccine at the White House.
The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Fauci, noted that Donald Trump is “very, very popular” among his supporters.
He indicated that Donald Trump receiving the vaccine publicly “would have been an extraordinarily good opportunity to get a signal to the people who have clearly listened to him,” adding, “He has a great deal of influence.”
“It was, unfortunately, a lost opportunity because he could have gotten a lot of people who are hesitant about getting vaccinated, vaccinated,” Fauci said. “I’m sorry he didn’t do that.”
Fauci was a member of the White House coronavirus task force during the Trump administration. He is now the chief medical adviser to the president under Biden’s administration.