Fauci reacts to Bannon: ‘It’s not the kind of thing you think of’ in medical school

reAnthony FauciAnthony FauciUS Sets New Record for COVID-19 Hospitalizations in Over 60,000 Hillicon Valley: Biden Should Take Strong Position on Foreign Interference | EU files antitrust charges against Amazon | Facebook dismantles network linked to Bannon Overnight Health Care: Top Conservative judges express willingness to preserve ObamaCare protections | Fauci says he trusts Pfizer, will take vaccine if FDA approves it | Eli Lilly antibody distribution to begin this week, the country’s top infectious disease specialist, said former Trump adviser Stephen Bannon calling for his beheading is “not the kind of thing you think of when you’re in medicine.”

Bannon provoked outrage last week when he said he wanted to put the heads of Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray on spades.

Fauci was requested on Australian TV news program “The 7:30 Report” what it was like “handling a pandemic and dealing with Donald Trump at the same time.”

“Well, it has obviously been very stressful,” Fauci replied in an interview published Wednesday. “To deny that would be to deny the reality, when public figures like Bannon call for your beheading, it’s really unusual, I think. It’s not the sort of thing you think of when you study medicine to be a doctor. But I got over it by really focusing like a laser beam on exactly my goal.

President TrumpDonald John Trump Feds accuse Staten Island man of threatening Schumer, FBI Pence cancels Florida vacation: Romney kills report in Biden cabinet himself also suggested he could fire Fauci, who said he was trying to focus on developing vaccines and treatments and encouraging Americans to take public health precautions like wearing masks and keeping a distance from others.

“If you focus on that and don’t get distracted by all the other noises, then it’s not as bad as you might think. It’s when you start to focus on that other junk as I call it, it’s noise. It does not mean anything. People asking that you be beheaded, shot, thrown in the hearth or whatever, it’s just noise, ”he said.

He also said lockdowns should be a “last resort” and instead aims to get more Americans to take precautions like wearing a mask.

Fauci said he had not been in contact with the president-elect Joe bidenJoe BidenFeds Charges Staten Island Man Over Schumer Threat, FBI Pence Cancels Florida Vacation: Report Romney Tears Down at Biden Cabinet MORETrump’s transition team because Trump has not conceded the race and his administration has not taken steps to begin the transition process, including on the coronavirus response.

“Right now, the situation, as you well know, is a rather tense situation in the United States when it comes to transitions, so at the moment things are on hold for the moment,” Fauci said.

When asked about the performance of the World Health Organization, which has come under heavy criticism from Trump, Fauci said that in the future he should “react in a timely manner without any indication of worry about the political ramifications. “

“We need countries like China to allow other scientists and health officials to look around and see what’s going on,” he added. “It would be helpful. They didn’t allow that at first. They basically did not allow travel to Wuhan. It is not a good thing.