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Led by Azar, the task force had
little scientific expertise. Most were businessmen
and lawyers, seemingly chosen for their political
or religious beliefs. One had been Sarah Palin's
foreign policy advisor. Another was
a climate change denier who opposed homosexuality
as an act against nature. The only two
public health officials were Redfield
and Dr. Anthony Fauci. At the National Institute
of Health, Fauci had advised
six presidents and had been at the forefront
of every epidemic response for the last 40 years. The issue now with this is
that there's a lot of unknowns
little scientific expertise. Most were businessmen
and lawyers, seemingly chosen for their political
or religious beliefs. One had been Sarah Palin's
foreign policy advisor. Another was
a climate change denier who opposed homosexuality
as an act against nature. The only two
public health officials were Redfield
and Dr. Anthony Fauci. At the National Institute
of Health, Fauci had advised
six presidents and had been at the forefront
of every epidemic response for the last 40 years. The issue now with this is
that there's a lot of unknowns
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Led by Azar,
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the task force had
little scientific expertise.
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Most were businessmen
and lawyers, seemingly chosen
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for their political
or religious beliefs.
00:00:10.091 --> 00:00:13.946
One had been Sarah Palin's
foreign policy advisor.
00:00:13.979 --> 00:00:16.449
Another was
a climate change denier
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who opposed homosexuality
as an act against nature.
00:00:20.654 --> 00:00:22.623
The only two
public health officials
00:00:22.656 --> 00:00:25.692
were Redfield
and Dr. Anthony Fauci.
00:00:25.725 --> 00:00:27.694
At the National Institute
of Health,
00:00:27.727 --> 00:00:29.796
Fauci had advised
six presidents
00:00:29.083 --> 00:00:32.399
and had been at the forefront
of every epidemic response
00:00:32.432 --> 00:00:34.634
for the last 40 years.
00:00:34.667 --> 00:00:37.077
The issue now with this is
that there's a lot of unknowns.
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Movie Summary
An in-depth look at how the United States government handled the response to the COVID-19 outbreak during the early months of the pandemic.
