Fauci calls 'anti-science bias' in the US problematic

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• Dr. Anthony Fauci said that "anti-science bias" in the US is problematic. 
• He suggested that actions taken by President Donald Trump further pushed the bias. 
• Trump has gone against expert advice in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, from pushing for a swift reopening, to not wearing a mask, and even touting unproven treatments. 
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leading infectious disease expert, said that "anti-science bias" in the US is problematic. 

"One of the problems we face in the United States is that unfortunately, there is a combination of an anti-science bias that people are -- for reasons that sometimes are, you know, inconceivable and not understandable -- they just don't believe science and they don't believe authority," Fauci said on a US Department of Health and Human Services' podcast "Learning Curve."

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