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Fauci: Immigrants 'absolutely not' driving coronavirus infections in US
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Fauci: Immigrants 'absolutely not' driving coronavirus infections in US
Mon, 2021-10-04 11:07 — mike kraftDr. Anthony Fauici, the nation's leading infectious disease specialist, is swatting down the suggestion that a recent surge of immigrants into the United States is driving coronavirus infection rates nationwide.
"This is not driven by immigrants," Fauci said Sunday during an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union." ...
The cause of COVID-19 infection rates, Fauci said, "is within our own country."
"Certainly, immigrants can get infected, but they’re not the driving force of this," he added. "Let’s face reality here."
A recent poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation found a majority of Republicans attribute recent surges of the coronavirus, including the highly contagious delta variant, to immigrants and tourists coming from other countries into the United States. ...
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