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Patrick Statement on Fauci Criticism of Texas

HOUSTON TX – Lt. Governor Dan Patrick issued the following statement today:

“On the same day that presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden
announced he would put Anthony Fauci on his team if he is elected president, Dr.
Fauci took a swipe at Republican states and COVID19 — specifically charging that
Texas had “skipped over” some steps in our plan to fight the pandemic. It is notable
that Dr. Fauci did not criticize Andrew Cuomo’s deadly decisions in New York or
California’s strategy, whose months long draconian lock down has had no impact on
case numbers there. Note that the death rate in New York is 161 per hundred
thousand, while Texas is 8.3 per hundred thousand. The California death rate is
almost twice that of Texas.

“As I said, when it comes to public policy, I have consulted with many doctors,
scientists and hospital administrators, but going forward, I will not be listening to
Dr. Fauci because he makes wild statements off the cuff that are not useful. Recall,
Dr. Fauci has said:

On Jan 23, Dr. Fauci told Newsmax that the coronavirus was “not a major threat.”

On Jan 24, Dr. Fauci said that he feels China is being more transparent with the
world this time than it was during previous outbreaks, such as the 2003 SARS
outbreak. “This time around from my perception they look like they’re being quite
transparent,” he said.
https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-hnk-intl-01-24-
20/index.html

On Jan 28, Dr. Fauci said, "The driver of respiratory outbreaks is symptomatic
people, not asymptomatic carriers.”
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/01/officials-say-most-
americans-not-risk-coronavirus

On Feb 17, Dr. Fauci said the risk of coronavirus in the US is "really very minimal
because there really are only 15 cases now, in addition to those who were shipped
here."

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In an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Fauci went on to say the cases "were
identified, they were isolated, and the contacts were traced.” He said the soonest a
vaccine for the novel coronavirus could make it through the development process
and clinical trials is “at least a year to a year and a half.”
https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-02-17-20-intl-
hnk/index.html

On Mar 8, Dr. Fauci said, “There's no reason to be walking around with a mask.”
While masks may block some droplets, Fauci said, they do not provide the level of
protection people think they do. Wearing a mask may also have unintended
consequences: People who wear masks tend to touch their face more often to adjust
them, which can spread germs from their hands.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/preventing-coronavirus-facemask-60-minutes-
2020-03-08/

“Throughout the pandemic, Dr. Fauci has been all over the map in terms of estimates
on both cases and fatalities ranging from no impact to 2 million deaths, back down
to a 100,000 to 200,000 deaths.”

More information about Dan Patrick is available at www.DanPatrick.org.

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