Fauci was concerned people would do 'dangerous and foolish' things after Trump suggested injecting disinfectant | TheHill - The Hill

Anthony FauciAnthony FauciFauci was concerned people would do 'dangerous and foolish' things after Trump suggested injecting disinfectant GOP lawmaker wants to ban feds from funding collection of COVID-19 vaccine info Overnight Health Care: Biden says anyone who wants vaccine may be able to get it by spring | Moderna says vaccine effective on variants, but tests booster shot | California lifts regional stay-at-home order MORE, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, said in an interview with CNN on Monday night that he was concerned about how Americans would respond after former President TrumpDonald TrumpSchumer: Impeachment trial will be quick, doesn't need a lot of witnesses Nurse to be tapped by Biden as acting surgeon general: report Schumer calls for Biden to declare climate emergency MORE suggested that people could inject disinfectants as a way to treat the coronavirus.

"You're going to have people who hear that from the President and they're going to start doing dangerous and foolish things, which is the reason why, immediately, those of us who were not there said, 'This is something you should not do.' Be very explicit.

"I think if you look at the pushback that I got from people in the White House, including the president, about hydroxychloroquine was one of the reasons why I felt it was essential for me, not in a confrontative way, I took no great pleasure out of contradicting the President, but I had to get out just to maintain my own integrity, but also to be standing up for science that the data did not show what they were claiming,” Fauci continued. .