Dr. Fauci says all states should be under a stay-at-home order — even as Trump holds back

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, most states in the U.S. have issued statewide stay-at-home orders — and Democratic governors like New York’s Andrew Cuomo and California’s Gavin Newsom have been aggressively promoting social distancing measures. Nonetheless, some states only have stay-at-home orders at the county or local level, and Dr. Anthony Fauci believes that it is a mistake.

The expert immunologist, who is part of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told a CNN  on Thursday night that all U.S. residents should be under a stay-at-home order.

Fauci asserted, “I don’t understand why that’s not happening. The tension between federally-mandated versus states rights to do what they want is something I don’t want to get into, but if you look at what’s going on in this country, I just don’t understand why we’re not doing that. We really should be.”

In other countries, stay-at-home orders are being enforced nationwide. President Emmanuel Macron, for example, has stressed that residents of France should only leave their homes for essential activities — and even required people to carry a form justifying their reasons for being outside. But so far, Trump has resisted issuing a nationwide stay-at-home order for the U.S. or . . .  (Read more)