Top disease expert will tell US Senate that reopening economy too soon may result in 'needless suffering and death'. Anthony Fauci, right, speaks as US President Trump, left, listens during a Coronavirus Task Force news conference on March 20, 2020 A senior health official set to testify before the US Senate will warn legislators about the risks of reopening the economy too soon, saying it could lead to "needless suffering and death", according to the New York Times. Monday's report about the warning from Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a leading member of the White House's coronavirus taskforce, came as President Donald Trump pressed states to lift lockdown measures, saying "people are dying in the lockdown position, too". Fauci, who will appear before Congress remotely on Tuesday , told the New York Times' healthcare and COVID-19 rep...
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