Dr. Fauci Urges U.S. to<br />‘Overcome’ COVID-19 Denial.<br />Dr. Anthony Fauci spoke about <br />COVID-19 at the 'Wall Street Journal' <br />CEO Council summit on Dec. 8. .<br />During the summit, Dr. Fauci addressed the “substantial proportion” of people who think COVID-19 is a “hoax.” .<br />Trouble is, you go to different parts of<br />the country, and even when the outbreak<br />is clear and hospitals are on the verge of<br />being overrun, there are a substantial<br />proportion of the people who still think<br />that this is not real, that it's fake news …, Anthony Fauci, via CNN.<br />He called it “extraordinarily frustrating” that people aren’t adhering to COVID-19 safety measures. .<br />Dr. Fauci went on to urge<br />people to “overcome” their<br />denial of COVID-19 and work<br />“as a nation” to slow the spread. .<br />We've got to overcome that and<br />pull together as a nation uniformly<br />with adhering to these public health<br />measures … we feel strongly<br />that we will be able to have<br />a significant impact. , Anthony Fauci, via CNN.<br />On Dec. 8, the United States surpassed<br />15 million total reported cases of COVID-19,<br />although experts believe the number of actual<br />COVID-19 infections is much higher.<br />That means that roughly one in 22 Americans<br />has tested positive for the virus.<br />Johns Hopkins University data reports that at least<br />286,189 Americans have died from COVID-19.
