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Totally, but that trust has been long gone in the US. 1/2 the population stopped paying attention to Dr. Fauci after he lied about masks (understandably). Then
by misiti3780 5y ago
Totally, but that trust has been long gone in the US.
1/2 the population stopped paying attention to Dr. Fauci after he lied about masks (understandably). Then we were told that that funerals were bad, but outdoor protests were ok. Then it was racist to even consider the virus came from a lab leak. Then Fauci claimed that technically, he didn't fund gain of function research (in the most scripted,PR speak possible). Then we were told that vaccines would allow us to go back to normal. The level of trust lost by major institutions in the US, both medical and media-based is astounding. Biden said he would end the virus, then he said that there is no federal policy to stop the virus. Trump was racist/xenophobic for closing boarders to China, but Biden closed boarders with South Africa and wasn't racist/xenophobic.
This isn't about politics, im double vaxxed and survived omicron. This is about a huge failure across the board, and I'm not sure how you turn it around. We need to change some of the political systems in the US. There needs to be term limits (in congress, supreme court, executive branch). The executive branch needs age limits, with a hard cut-off at like 65. The fact that the choice in 2020 was between septuagenarians is pathetic.
If you spent 1% of your time paying attention to anything called media, the gaslighting is obvious.
- aldebran 5y agoWhat did Fauci lie about regarding masks? There were higher infection rates in other countries but Trump focused on China. That does sound racist given other comments he made. Biden Blocking SA flights was dumb given SA alerted the world but wasn’t necessarily the source of Omicron.
- misiti3780 5y agothis isn't a deep fake: https://youtu.be/_2MmX2U2V3c?t=18 https://youtu.be/_2MmX2U2V3c?t=18
- SixDouble5321 5y agoNeither is it evidence of anything. The issue is nuanced and this video is 80% pundits and zero percent damning.
- misiti3780 5y agoPlease add the nuance. He admitted he lied about mask effectiveness to prevent runs on PPE.
- SixDouble5321 5y ago> Trump was racist Trump is racist. He called COVID the kung flu. Closing a "boarder" is a bit different than blaming a demographic. Biden is not an overt racist, so it's not likely that a border closing will get characterized as racist. It's up for debate whether it was good or bad, however.
- misiti3780 5y agoTrump was a racist, without a doubt. But so was Biden: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/joe-biden-didn-t-just-compromise-segregationists-he-fought-their-n1021626 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/joe-biden-didn-t-just-co...