> Public health leaders like Dr. Fauci aren't idiots and I suspect they're privately fully aware of the real situation. So why aren't they being straight with u

> Public health leaders like Dr. Fauci aren't idiots and I suspect they're privately fully aware of the real situation. So why aren't they being straight with us about how the pandemic is likely to play out long term? Fauci has been saying exactly this, in public, for a long time. For example, November 12, 2020: "I doubt we are going to eradicate this. I think we need to plan that this is something we may need to maintain control over chronically. It may be something that becomes endemic, that we have to just be careful about." Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/12/coronavirus-dr-fauci-says-he-doubts-whether-covid-can-be-eradicated.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/12/coronavirus-dr-fauci-says-he... That's why his strategy consists of vaccines to reduce the death rate plus NPIs to "flatten the curve". Flattening the curve doesn't mean reducing total infections, it means compressing the spikes so the healthcare system doesn't collapse. None of this is new. Any part of this you disagree with?