I realize Dr. Anthony Fauci is the Democrats new super hero after the collapse of their former super hero's Robert Mueller and Michael Avenatti. However, he is the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease. He has 36 years of experience and is considered the leading expert in America.
Fauci made those statements on January 21 even after ABC, NBC, AP News, USA Today, NPR and The Hill published articles on January 20 reporting human to human transmission. Global News also posted a video on YouTube on January 20, Fauci made the same public assessment on January 26.
It is interesting Fauci made those public statements after human to human transmission had been reported by multiple outlets when he had also "predicted" the Trump administration would have a surpise pandemic outbreak.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/human-human-transmission-coronavirus-reported-china/story?id=68403105
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/human-human-transmission-confirmed-china-coronavirus-n1118866
https://apnews.com/14d7dcffa205d9022fa9ea593bb2a8c5
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/01/20/china-coronavirus-transmission-between-humans-confirmed-200-cases/4523222002/
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/01/20/797926447/coronavirus-in-china-over-200-cases-human-to-human-transmission
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/479055-doctors-confirm-human-to-human-transmission-of-new-coronavirus