Fauci: Conventions unsafe without big drop in coronavirus cases

By David Hogberg

Published May 27, 2020 3:40pm ET

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Dr. Anthony Fauci said that holding political conventions in August would be unsafe without a substantial decline in coronavirus cases.

It would be safe “if we have a really significant diminution in the number of new cases and hospitalizations and we’re at a level where it is really very low, then … you may … have some sort of a capability of gathering,” Fauci told CNN’s Jim Sciutto.

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