Top US Health Official Pushes Back on Claims He Diverges From Trump

President Donald Trump listens as Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci, a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, answers a question about the virus and the current U.S. outbreak during a news briefing at the White House in Washington, on March 16, 2020. Leah Millis/Reuters

One of the top health officials in the nation pushed back on a notion promoted by some media outlets that he has fundamental differences from President Donald Trump in how to deal with the new CCP virus.

The Epoch Times refers to the novel coronavirus as the CCP virus, which causes a disease called COVID-19, because the Chinese Communist Party’s coverup and mishandling allowed the virus to spread throughout China and create a global pandemic.