If Fauci had been in charge from the beginning our response wouldn't have been delayed in order to protect the economy.
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Trump received warnings early enough (Jan./Feb.) to have changed the trajectory of the outbreak in the US. He made a conscience choice to ignore the warnings in favor of not disrupting the economy. Nothing Fauci said in the press briefing changes those facts.
The NY infections came from the EU, and the EU response was very slow. Trump imposed "xenophobic" his travel ban and that saved many lives. It gave the CDC and FDA time to get the testing capacity increased by using commercial labs.
When the infections happened, why are you putting all of the blame on Trump, governors have the power to shut down their states, even more-so than Trump.