peter, doctor acra one saying earlier that —— doctor fauci saying the numbers could have come down if been criticised for not doing enough earlier to stop the spread of the virus. dr fauci who has been the medical phase of the fight against coronavirus in the united states, as part of the united states, as part of the trump administration, said things could be a little bit different. some lights could have been saved if those mitigation measures had been brought in earlier, but to use his words, he said there was a lot of pushback at the time against measures to close down the country. and donald trump would say that he in fact did ta ke would say that he in fact did take action earlier, at the end of january he effectively closed the borders to those foreign nationals who had been in china, china at the time was that global epicentre of the pandemic. the president has defended himself on this charge and has also pointed out that dr fauci has complained in the past about a lack of information, presumably again touting china, a lack of information about the disease and its potential to