The doctor vs. the White House
Axios
Dr. Anthony Fauci's goal for his testimony on the Hill today to warn the country of the dangers of reopening too quickly precisely undercuts what President Trump and the White House are trying to achieve this week.
The state of play: Trump and his team built its messaging this week around convincing Americans that they had enough testing and personal protective equipment to begin to safely return to work and Trump has been publicly chiding blue-state governors for keeping their states closed longer than he'd like.
Fauci plans to tell a Senate hearing Tuesday Americans will face "needless suffering and death" if the U.S. prematurely reopens its economy during the novel coronavirus pandemic, the New York Times reports.
The NIAID director will testify via videoconference before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee COVID-19 hearing on when it's safe to return to work and school.