Senate Hearing Seeks to Find Balance in Dealing With Coronavirus

Senate Hearing Seeks to Find Balance in Dealing With Coronavirus
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci testifies at a Senate hearing regarding the coronavirus in Washington on March 3, 2020. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
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Four key Trump administration public health officials tasked with coordinating efforts to control and contain the rapidly spreading coronavirus testified to a Senate committee about the government’s efforts to deal with the threat of COVID-19, the disease that’s threatening to become a worldwide pandemic.

Chairing the hearing on March 3 of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) cited a New York Times article that said “most people in the U.S. are at low risk” of contracting the coronavirus.