We need effective planners to make public health decisions. If you can cough on me and indirectly kill my elderly parents, then you should be subject to some ki

We need effective planners to make public health decisions. If you can cough on me and indirectly kill my elderly parents, then you should be subject to some kind of government regulation. We ought to use experts to help establish and modulate those rules. I honestly believe that Fauci did a great service to his country and it was a capstone in his truly productive career. It's OK to appreciate good work. Think about his work environment, the risks involved, and the pace at which all the facts were unfolding. It is our good fortune that someone with deep subject knowledge and skill at communication was available at all. Don't take this as an argument against your main point. I agree that we should have the guts to engage with good faith in divisive debates. The "good faith" part is important because it keeps us united as people despite the potential immiscibility of our ideas.