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Fauci acknowledges moving goalposts on herd immunity from Covid-19
- AndrewBissell 6y ago> "When polls said only about half of all Americans would take a vaccine, I was saying herd immunity would take 70 to 75 percent ... Then, when newer surveys said 60 percent or more would take it, I thought, 'I can nudge this up a bit,' so I went to 80, 85. We need to have some humility here .... We really don’t know what the real number is. I think the real range is somewhere between 70 to 90 percent. But, I'm not going to say 90 percent." It seems Fauci's experience with downplaying the value of masks to prevent a run on PPE early in the pandemic did not disabuse him of the idea he should be telling noble lies in order to influence the public's behavior.
- just-juan-post 6y agoSee also this (user flagged story) about the WHO changing the definition of herd immunity: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25527443 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25527443