Donald Trump Attacks Doc Leading US' COVID Fight After He Says Reopening Country Is Dangerous

US President Donald Trump's obsession with reopening country's economy is reaching new levels as he attacked infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci for telling the Congress that easing restrictions could prove dangerous.

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Trump described Fauci's warning against opening schools and economy as not acceptable, another instance showing how doctor leading US' fight against the disease and country's President might not be on the same page when it comes to tackling the coronavirus.

"To me it's not an acceptable answer, especially when it comes to schools," Trump told reporters at the White House when asked about Fauci's admission to senators about the risks of reopening the schools and economy too soon.

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Fauci, who directs the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, also warned that a premature lifting of lockdowns could lead to additional outbreaks of the deadly coronavirus, which has killed more than 84,000 people in the United States and brought the economy to its knees.

Trump, in contrast, said on Wednesday the only thing that would be acceptable would be professors or teachers "over a certain age" not holding classes. "I think they ought to take it easy for another few weeks," he added.

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Fauci has increasingly become the target of critics who see him as undermining the president¡¯s efforts to open up the country and restore the economy.

In April, Fauci had said that lives could have been saved in the United States, if the country had shut down earlier. Trump had then made headlines for sharing a tweet with the hashtag ¡°FireFauci¡± after a series of reports detailed the president¡¯s slow response to the pandemic.

Much of States' failure to contain the spread of virus could well be down to differences of opinion between those running the government and the medical experts tasked with advising the administrators.