Everyone by now has seen or heard Fauci's comments
We also all know that Trump pushed aside Azar to name Pence (February 26th)
Now the CDC joins in:
As February 28 – as we got into March – we recognized the different areas that mitigation was now important,' Redfiled told Today show host Savannah Guthrie. 'CDC sent recommendations to Washington, to California, to New York and to Florida recommending that they expand mitigation in those areas.'
Although reports indicate that Redfield and NIH's top immunologist Anthony Fauci recommended the White House implement social distancing guidelines in late February, such action was not taken until at least three weeks later in mid-March.