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The Case Against Fauci
- the-dude 6y agoO.k : Fauci, Trump, Biden. Fair enough. But the whole saga has played out exactly the same throughout the West. Look at the UK or the EU in general. We might not have our Trump's, but we have our Fauci's and they behaved exactly the same.
- plugger 6y ago> But the whole saga has played out exactly the same throughout the West. We went into lockdown today with our first case of community spread since April. The saga has 100% NOT played out exactly the same throughout the West. Australia has had 909 deaths; my state (WA) has had 9.
- taneq 6y agoHow much power did Fauci actually have to implement things? I think he took the wrong stance re. masks during the early stages (following the WHO's lead) but for the rest, it looked more to me like he was threading the needle between supporting Trump's inanity and getting evicted by the same (thus ending any chance he might have had to influence policy).
- Arainach 6y agoThe core premise of this argument seems to be that if Fauci had taken a hard line, the greater medical community would have stuck with him and done everything he suggested after he was fired and replaced with a sycophant capable of far worse. I don't buy it. Even if the medical community listened (which isn't guaranteed and which I find unlikely), the public at large wouldn't. It was far more beneficial to have someone publicly walking a fine line, not lying but refusing to endorse the Trump administration's lies, than to have a unified government leadership telling us all to go out in crowds to Starbucks to buy hydroxychloroquine lattes.
- bigmattystyles 6y agoI agree, even the mask ‘fiasco’, they clearly wanted to prevent a run on masks and definitely botched the messaging, but if that’s the worst, in this unprecedented pandemic, he’s done well. I will also defend Birx; Trump is so mercurial that they both had to make sure they stayed in the room. I don’t get the feeling either of them, Birx especially enjoyed the attention.
- roenxi 6y agoTaking that perspective as a starting point - the implication is that the government agents will not be honest and forthright in emergencies. I might be jumping ahead on the argument that, because I already believed this. But I think it follows fairly easily. If the government is going to lie by omission in an emergency, why should Fauci be held up in any way as a trusted authority figure, role model or person to be admired? Surely we should be searching for figures who are forthright and unflinchingly honest and listening to them in the pandemic instead. YouTube was putting pressure on people who didn't toe the WHO/Local Government advice. Why is that legitimate if there is a compelling argument that if one of the most visible and trusted faces of the government, Fauci, wasn't being straightforward and vocal?
- loopz 6y agoThe medical community in the West was wrong about masks. WHO recommended masks before that.
- danfang 6y ago
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- loopz 6y agoBottom line this had been a political decision in every country, except Sweden. The environment is and should be stronger than the individual.