Dr. Fauci says children are NOT immune to coronavirus, signing a waiver doesn't protect you and hydroxy is NOT a cure as Democrats make him address Donald Trump's claims - after he clashes with Republican firebrand over protests

Dr. Anthony Fauci knocked down in rapid fire a number of President Donald Trump's most dubious claims about the coronavirus during a House subcommittee hearing Friday.    

Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, asked Fauci if children are 'almost immune' to the disease, if it would 'magically disappear,' if it was a 'hoax,' if hydroxychloroquine or injecting bleach were cures - and if signing a waiver at a political event to not sue the organizer prevented the spread of COVID-19. 

Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, answered that children 'get infected.'  

He said he believed the coronavirus would not disappear 'because it's such a highly transmissible virus.' Fauci said it wasn't a 'hoax.' 

Hydroxychloroquine, a drug Trump has pushed, has no 'therapeutic efficacy,' Fauci said. He answered 'no' when asked about injecting bleach.  

'Are you safe from the disease when you go to one of the aforementioned large assemblies, crowds, demonstrations without a mask on and not observing social distancing if you sign a waiver that you wo'nt sue the sponsor of the event,' Raskin asked.

The Trump campaign put on rally ticket request forms language that would shield them from COVID-related lawsuits.  

'I'm not so sure those things are connected, but I will repeat what I said multiple times that being in a crowd, particularly without a mask, is a risk for acquisition and for transmission,' Fauci said. 

Earlier in the hearing Fauci had been hammered by Republican Rep. Jim Jordan over whether the 'Black Lives Matter' protests pushed coronavirus numbers up.  

'But signing a waiver doesn't confer any kind of immunity on you, from being infected by the disease?' Raskin asked.   

'No of course not,' Fauci said.   

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Warning: Dr. Fauci's testimony opens with a warning that 'Covid-19 activity will likely continue for some time'

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Witnesses in front of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis included Admiral Brett Giroir (left), Dr. Anthony Fauci (center) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield (right) 

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Rep. Jim Clyburn, the No. 3 Democratic in the House of Representative, is chairing the select subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis. He tore into President Trump's record at the top of the hearing