斯科特·阿特拉斯博士，一位有争议的总统成员唐纳德·特朗普s冠状病毒特别工作组，在告诉密歇根人“起来”反对州长格雷琴·惠特默在新冠肺炎实施的新限制后，正面临着严厉的批评新病例激增在这个州。

惠特默在一份声明中谴责了阿特拉斯的行动呼吁呼叫周一早上，密歇根国会大厦记者猛烈抨击它为“难以置信的鲁莽，考虑到已经发生的一切，正在发生的一切。”

安东尼·福奇博士，国家传染病方面的顶级专家，讲述周一，在全国广播公司的“今日”节目中，他“完全不同意”阿特拉斯的观点，布朗大学公共卫生学院院长阿希什·贾(Ashish Jha)博士称这一评论“特别不负责任”，并指出惠特默面临的死亡威胁。

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白宫顾问斯科特·阿特拉斯在华盛顿白宫接受媒体采访

“他应该是一名医生，是我们职业的耻辱，”贾在一份声明中说自录音再现装置发出的高音周日晚上。

受到特朗普频繁抨击的民主党人惠特默周日详细说明了一项新的命令，以帮助减缓病毒的传播，因为该国进入了一个类似于4月份高峰期的新浪潮。

为了应对不断上升的案件数量，从周三开始为期三周，密歇根将暂停高中和大学的面对面教学，暂停餐馆的室内用餐，并关闭一些企业，包括电影院和赌场。

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在这张由密歇根州州长办公室提供的照片中，州长格雷琴·惠特默致辞

声明发布后不久，没有接受过传染病培训的神经放射科医师阿特拉斯于8月加入了白宫冠状病毒特别工作组，此后一直反对新冠肺炎的限制措施。发微博，“唯一能阻止这一切的方法就是人们站起来。你得到你所接受的。#自由事关重大#步步高升。”

这种语言呼应了特朗普之前呼吁的“解放密歇根!”

在最初的推特发布后大约三个小时，随着批评的涌入，阿特拉斯试图收回他的评论，说他不是在谈论暴力，而是让人们和平抗议和投票。

但贾在推特上指出，惠特默要到2022年才参加选举，阿特拉斯“在说人们应该起来反对她时，并没有告诉人们去投票。”

这一切都发生在官方公布后的一个多月揭露了一个所谓的阴谋推翻州议会并绑架惠特默。被指控参与该阴谋的个人抗议惠特莫尔的严格限制，特朗普也一再批评。

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唐纳德·特朗普总统在华盛顿的新闻发布会上聆听斯科特·阿特拉斯博士对记者的讲话

来自斯坦福胡佛研究所的阿特拉斯已经成为特朗普最喜欢的顾问，因为他们都认为旨在减缓冠状病毒传播的关闭和限制不值得经济动荡和对公众心理健康的负面影响。阿特拉斯倡导让病毒在健康人群中快速传播，同时保护更多弱势群体的想法，该国顶级公共卫生专家表示，这一想法几乎是不可能的，并将导致不可接受的死亡人数。

Fauci过去曾数次与Atlas拉开距离。福西整个夏天都在警告病例上升的危险，并敦促戴口罩和社交距离，而阿特拉斯则认为年轻人应该恢复正常生活，并质疑戴口罩的功效。

白宫最近几周抨击福奇与特朗普的公开分歧以及对阿特拉斯的批评。10月30日，福奇在接受《华盛顿邮报》采访时表示，美国需要在回应中做出“突然改变”，并指责阿特拉斯缺乏专业知识，此后白宫称福奇的言论“不可接受”，尤其是在选举前夕。

“我和那个家伙真的有问题，”福奇说说阿特拉斯的。“他是一个聪明的人，他谈论的事情我认为他没有任何真正的洞察力、知识或经验。他一直在说，当你把它剖析出来，剖析出来的时候，就没有任何意义了。”

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福西博士出现在2020年11月12日的“早安美国”节目中。

由于美国有望在本周结束前达到25万新冠肺炎死亡人数，超过白宫最初给出的24万最高估计数，包括贾在内的医生现在表示，美国现在应该效仿密歇根州，并指出限制措施仍不如春季发布的严格，当时包括密歇根州在内的几个州都接到了居家命令。

在过去的15天里报告了超过180万例病例，11月将成为该国有记录以来新冠肺炎病例最严重的一个月。

为了应对不断上升的数字，华盛顿州和俄勒冈州也实施了新的限制。

Dr. Scott Atlas under fire for telling Michigan to 'rise up' against COVID-19 restrictions

Dr. Scott Atlas, a controversial member of PresidentDonald Trump'scoronavirustask force, is facing heavy criticism after telling Michiganders to "rise up" against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's new COVID-19 restrictions imposed asnew cases surgein the state.

Whitmer has denounced Atlas' call to action, in acallwith Michigan Capitol reporters Monday morning, slamming it as "incredibly reckless, considering everything that has happened, everything that is going on."

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top expert on infectious diseases,toldNBC's "Today" program Monday he "totally disagrees" with Atlas, and Dr. Ashish Jha, the dean of Brown University's School of Public Health, called the comment "particularly irresponsible," noting the death threats officials say Whitmer has faced.

"He is supposedly a physician and a disgrace to our profession," Jha said in atweetSunday night.

Whitmer, a Democrat who has come under frequent fire from Trump, detailed a new order Sunday to help slow the spread of the virus as the country enters a new wave resembling its peak in April.

In response to the rising number of cases, starting Wednesday for three weeks, Michigan will suspend in-person instruction at high schools and colleges, halt indoor dining at restaurants and close some businesses, including movie theaters and casinos.

Shortly after the announcement, Atlas, a neuroradiologist with no training in infectious diseases who joined the White House coronavirus task force in August and has since railed against COVID-19 restrictions,tweeted, "The only way this stops is if people rise up. You get what you accept. #FreedomMatters #StepUp."

The language echoed Trump's previous calls to "LIBERATE MICHIGAN!"

About three hours after the original tweet, Atlas attempted to walk back his comment as the criticism poured in, saying he wasn't talking about violence but raised people peacefully protesting and voting.

But Jha noted in his tweet that Whitmer is not up for election until 2022 and that Atlas "was not telling people to vote when he said they should rise up against her."

It all comes a little over a month after authoritiesrevealed an alleged plotto overthrow the state Capitol and kidnap Whitmer. Individuals charged in the plot had protested against Whitmer's stringent restrictions which Trump also repeatedly criticized.

Atlas, from Stanford's Hoover Institution, has become Trump's favorite adviser because they share the same view that closures and restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus aren't worth the economic turmoil and negative impact on the public's mental health. Atlas has advocated for the idea of allowing the virus to spread rapidly among healthy populations while shielding more vulnerable groups -- an idea that the nation's top public health experts say is nearly impossible and would result in unacceptable death tolls.

Fauci has distanced himself from Atlas several times in the past. While Fauci spent the summer warning of the dangers of rising case and urging mask-wearing and social distancing, Atlas argued that young people should resume their lives as normal and questioned the efficacy of mask-wearing.

The White House has attacked Fauci for his public disagreements with Trump and criticisms of Atlas in recent weeks. After Fauci told the Washington Post in an interview on Oct. 30 that the country needed to make an "abrupt change" in its response and called out Atlas for his lack of expertise, the White House called Fauci's comments "unacceptable," especially coming just before the election.

"I have real problems with that guy," Faucisaidof Atlas. "He's a smart guy who's talking about things that I believe he doesn't have any real insight or knowledge or experience in. He keeps talking about things that when you dissect it out and parse it out, it doesn't make any sense."

As the country is on track to reach 250,000 COVID-19 deaths by the end of this week, surpassing the 240,000 top estimate the White House initially gave for the year, doctors including Jha are now saying the country should follow Michigan's lead now and note the restrictions are still less severe than those issued in spring, when several states including Michigan were under stay-at-home orders.

With over 1.8 million cases reported in the last 15 days, November is well on track to become the country's worst month on record for COVID-19 cases.

In response to the rising numbers, Washington state and Oregon have also imposed new restrictions.