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14 questions for Fauci, Redfield, and other Trump officials testifying today on the coronavirus

By STAT staff May 11, 2020

What are the three biggest mistakes the United States has made in its response to date and what have you done to fix them?

In the pandemic preparedness planning you have done throughout your careers, did it ever occur to you that the country that would be the hardest hit by a pandemic would be the United States?

In the past week, we’ve seen chaos and confusion as the federal government, Gilead Sciences, and the pharmaceutical wholesaler AmerisourceBergen have attempted to distribute remdesivir, the drug that’s showing promise as a Covid-19 treatment, to hospitals around the country. How did the federal government decide which hospitals would receive remdesivir, and why has that process become so incomprehensible?

If the relaxation of social distancing measures and the reopening of businesses leads to an upsurge in transmission, what is the plan for dealing with it? How likely is it that areas would have to go back into some form of shutdown?

What led the Trump administration to select the University of Washington’s IHME model as a tool in guiding its Covid-19 response? Did reliance on that model, which has been widely criticized, help or hurt?

Advice to the public on how to protect themselves has been contradictory — there have been mixed messages, for example, on issues as simple as whether Americans should wear masks. How can people trust what they hear from officials?

Already, there are credible projections that suggest a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic could be worse than the first. Are you ignoring those projections?

Why is the White House encouraging states to lift restrictions when they haven’t met the White House’s own guidance for reopening? Why did the White House, as reported by the Associated Press, shelve a CDC report that outlined how and when to safely reopen? What are you saying to the president about that?

How much of the full remdesivir trial data have you seen? How soon do you expect the data to be released? Why shouldn’t we be concerned there are disappointments when the NIAID data is finally released?

You’ve been forced to the sidelines during the task force briefings and the agency you lead has been sidelined for the past two months in terms of communicating to the public. What can you do to restore the public leadership role that Americans have come to expect from the CDC?

The president has boasted about his ability to direct the FDA’s actions. How can we trust the FDA to be an impartial regulator?

Why is there still an EUA for hydroxychloroquine?

Why can’t the FDA strike the balance on regulating tests?

President Trump said last week that testing is “overrated,” but outside experts across the political spectrum have said there still aren’t enough tests to safely reopen schools and businesses. Does the president believe testing is the key to reopening the economy, and if so, why is he pushing for states without sufficient testing capacity to reopen?

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