The White House confirmed on Sunday that the doctors will stay on “but take a back seat to the forward-looking, ‘what’s next’ message.” Meanwhile, well over 1,000 Americans are dying from the coronavirus every day.
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But according to two reports on Sunday, the most publicly known doctors leading the federal COVID-19 response, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx, will be sidelined in the coming weeks. The White House confirmed to Axios that the two will stay on “but take a back seat to the forward-looking, ‘what’s next’ message.” Meanwhile, an average of over 2,000 Americans died every day in the past week from the coronavirus.
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