During an interview on Thursday with CNN show host Anderson Cooper, Dr. Anthony Fauci questioned why some states have still not decided to issue stat-at-home orders.

Over 30 states have issued these orders however some states are still refusing to take action.

“I don’t understand why that’s not happening,” Fauci said. “You know, 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.”

The Trump administration has allowed states to make the decisions on their own considering the current situation is different from state to state.

“You have to look — you have to give a little flexibility,” President Trump said during a press conference on Wednesday. “If you have a state in the Midwest, or if Alaska, for example, doesn’t have a problem, it’s awfully tough to say, ‘close it down.’ We have to have a little bit of flexibility.”

Fauci later added that not enacting social distancing soon enough could cause more deaths down the road.

“If you back off, and you don’t mitigate, there is a possibility that number (of deaths) will go up,” said Fauci. “And that is the worst possible thing in the world you want to see. And that’s the reason why I am so adamant about when we say we have got to follow those guidelines, you really got to take it seriously.”

Other governors including California Governor Gavin Newsom are urging other states to take similar action.

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“Our message is this: ‘What are you waiting for?'” said California Gov. Gavin Newsom on CNN. “What more evidence do you need? If you think it’s not going to happen to you, there are many proof points all across this country; for that matter, around the rest of the world.”

Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer made similar comments when he said we need a “national strategy instead of a patchwork of policies."

“That’s why I think it’s important that we governors are leading and showing the way and being aggressive,” Whitmer said on CNN. “I’m grateful that I have great, you know, colleagues here in the Midwest in particular. We’ve been pretty aggressive as a geography, and I think that’s important.”

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It should be noted that Gov. Whitmer said this after providing zero proof that the federal government was not helping her state with coronavirus supplies. She also reversed course after instructing medical professionals in her state not to prescribe the drug hydroxychloroquine, which the Trump administration has been pushing to combat COVID-19.

“Prescribing any kind of prescription must also be associated with medical documentation showing proof of the medical necessity and medical condition for which the patient is being treated. Again, these are drugs that have not been proven scientifically or medically to treat COVID-19,” said a letter from the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.

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