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My issue with Fauci is this—why would an 80+ year old man at least a decade beyond average US retirement age, who has a microphone to literally the whole world

My issue with Fauci is this—why would an 80+ year old man at least a decade beyond average US retirement age, who has a microphone to literally the whole world in all of 2020 specifically choose to NOT become a whistleblower if the Trump administration was eschewing his advice (he who is the US authority on pandemics for decades) to the detriment of hundreds of thousands of dead? Forget gain of function. Forget lab leak. Forget emails. Forget intentionally misleading mask efficacy to preserve health care supplies. All of that is nothing compared to staying silent when a single interview could have saved hundreds of thousands of lives.

tzs 5y ago
I recall reading several articles over the course of the pandemic in the mainstream press that reported on Dr. Fauci's recommendations and reported on how the Trump Administration was not following them. I don't see how there could be a whistleblower opportunity there.
- kcplate 5y ago
  Trump is president, Fauci supports him https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/01/metro/dr-fauci-says-he-president-trump-are-same-team-five-takeaways-good-morning-america-interview/ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/01/metro/dr-fauci-says-h... Biden is president, completely different story: https://www.vox.com/2021/1/21/22243155/fauci-trump-shade-coronavirus-biden-briefing https://www.vox.com/2021/1/21/22243155/fauci-trump-shade-cor... We have here a man that willing participated in a piss poor pandemic response, despite on multiple occasions offering a half hearted contrarian view but still ultimately supporting the president publicly. As soon as Trump is out, turns tail. He is a coward, as soon as his job was safe his story changed. Could have, should have done more and didn’t. Ultimately we have an octogenarian who wanted to protect his job more than the American public. I have no respect for someone like that. It’s shameful.

tzs 5y ago

I recall reading several articles over the course of the pandemic in the mainstream press that reported on Dr. Fauci's recommendations and reported on how the Trump Administration was not following them. I don't see how there could be a whistleblower opportunity there.

kcplate 5y ago
Trump is president, Fauci supports him https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/01/metro/dr-fauci-says-he-president-trump-are-same-team-five-takeaways-good-morning-america-interview/ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/01/metro/dr-fauci-says-h... Biden is president, completely different story: https://www.vox.com/2021/1/21/22243155/fauci-trump-shade-coronavirus-biden-briefing https://www.vox.com/2021/1/21/22243155/fauci-trump-shade-cor... We have here a man that willing participated in a piss poor pandemic response, despite on multiple occasions offering a half hearted contrarian view but still ultimately supporting the president publicly. As soon as Trump is out, turns tail. He is a coward, as soon as his job was safe his story changed. Could have, should have done more and didn’t. Ultimately we have an octogenarian who wanted to protect his job more than the American public. I have no respect for someone like that. It’s shameful.