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Fauci Says Americans Must be Prepared to Hunker Down More

WE MAY need a better definition than hunker down more...

Ros Krasny and Tom Schoenberg 9 hrs ago

Asked if he would prefer some kind of 14-day national shutdown to “flatten the curve” of Covid-19 spread, Fauci said -- in one of five interviews on Sunday talk shows -- “I would prefer as much as we possibly could.”
On “Fox News Sunday,” though, the veteran infectious diseases specialist didn’t endorse a nationwide shutdown. With ‘stringent mitigation and contaiment’ measures without a complete lockdown will help the U.S. avoid getting to where Italy is now, he said.
On ABC’s “This Week,” Fauci said domestic travel restrictions are likely not in the immediate future but are possible as the U.S. refines its response to the coronavirus pandemic.
“Travel restrictions within the country have not been seriously discussed,” Fauci said.
”I don’t see that now in the immediate future,” he said, adding that the Trump administration is “open minded” about steps it might have to take.
Fauci, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, said he was “absolutely” confident the federal government is doing what it needs to contain the Covid-19 outbreak.
Members of the task force are scheduled to brief the media later on Sunday.
(Updates with Fox News comment in fourth paragraph.)
To contact the reporters on this story: Ros Krasny in Washington at rkrasny1@bloomberg.net;Tom Schoenberg in Washington at tschoenberg@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: James Ludden at jludden@bloomberg.net, Ros Krasny