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Dr. Fauci on U.S. coronavirus outbreak: 'I'm not pleased with how things are going' - CNBC
Aug 13, 2020 1 min, 16 secs
Anthony Fauci said he is not pleased with the current state of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States.

public health officials are beginning to see a "disturbing" uptick in the rate of coronavirus tests that come back positive in some regions of the nation, Fauci said during a National Geographic panel moderated by ABC News Correspondent Deborah Roberts, which aired on Thursday.  "Bottom line is, I'm not pleased with how things are going.".

Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has previously warned about a potential increase in Covid-19 cases brewing in states like Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana, which have reported an uptick in the so-called positivity rate, or the percentage of tests that are positive.

While some states are beginning to see an uptick, outbreaks in California, Florida, Texas and Arizona are improving and are "having now, less deaths, less hospitalizations, less cases," Fauci said. .

health officials are continuing to see "encouraging signs," touting a recent decline in cases and hospitalization in Florida and Texas.

The World Health Organization says there is no "silver bullet" for the coronavirus yet and there "might never be.".

Fauci has previously said the coronavirus is so contagious it won't likely ever completely go away. While the virus will not disappear, Fauci has previously said it's possible world leaders and public health officials could work to bring the pandemic down to "low levels.".

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