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I think fauci declaring himself to be science incarnate did more damage to science as a whole than any of the bad-faith actors people complain about.

kevinventullo 4y ago
I must have missed that press conference.
- hosteur 4y ago
  Might be this https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2021/06/09/fauci-on-gop-criticism-attacks-on-me-quite-frankly-are-attacks-on-science/?sh=10fa92404542 https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2021/06/09/fa...
  - kevinventullo 4y ago
    Oof, yeah fair enough.
- nradov 4y ago
  It was an interview on MSNBC's Chuck Todd show, not a press conference. "attacks on me are, quite frankly, attacks on science" - Dr. Anthony Fauci, 2021 https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/09/fauci-blasts-preposterous-covid-conspiracies-accuses-critics-of-attacks-on-science.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/09/fauci-blasts-preposterous-co... In context his statement was a bit more nuanced. But I don't think it's healthy for a bureaucrat to try to personify a process. Taking political opposition personally is seldom productive.
  - OrvalWintermute 4y ago
    The biggest problem with Dr. Fauci's statements are different than from what is being discussed. I believe in the scientific method, and I also know there is a distinct possibility that a statement I make today, based on what we know today, may be incredibly wrong. Dr. Fauci's statements are frightening because they lack intellectual humility, and they remind me of a comic book phrase, rather than a statement by a leading physician or researcher. Would we expect anything different from Judge Dredd? [1] [1] https://youtu.be/miVoe7U6Lx4?t=30 https://youtu.be/miVoe7U6Lx4?t=30
MichaelCollins 4y ago
The personality cult that started to crystalize around Fauci was incredibly disturbing. For a few weeks it felt like I was being bombarded on all sides by "viral" videos of weirdos singing love songs to Fauci, getting tattoos of Fauci, all kinds of absurd celebrity worship shit. Why would anything like that be recommended to me in the first place, I never watch any content like that.
- axpy906 4y ago
  Really convenient how his role as the lead public official pushing AZT during the AIDs epidemic got memory-holed too. Edit: Adding sources to spite the Dow voter for merely stating a fact. Him saying: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fKWwEkBZjhM https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fKWwEkBZjhM An article: “ Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was now pushing to expand prescription.” https://www.spin.com/2015/10/aids-and-the-azt-scandal-spin-1989-feature-sins-of-omission/ https://www.spin.com/2015/10/aids-and-the-azt-scandal-spin-1...

kevinventullo 4y ago

I must have missed that press conference.

hosteur 4y ago
Might be this https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2021/06/09/fauci-on-gop-criticism-attacks-on-me-quite-frankly-are-attacks-on-science/?sh=10fa92404542 https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2021/06/09/fa...
- kevinventullo 4y ago
  Oof, yeah fair enough.
nradov 4y ago
It was an interview on MSNBC's Chuck Todd show, not a press conference. "attacks on me are, quite frankly, attacks on science" - Dr. Anthony Fauci, 2021 https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/09/fauci-blasts-preposterous-covid-conspiracies-accuses-critics-of-attacks-on-science.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/09/fauci-blasts-preposterous-co... In context his statement was a bit more nuanced. But I don't think it's healthy for a bureaucrat to try to personify a process. Taking political opposition personally is seldom productive.
- OrvalWintermute 4y ago
  The biggest problem with Dr. Fauci's statements are different than from what is being discussed. I believe in the scientific method, and I also know there is a distinct possibility that a statement I make today, based on what we know today, may be incredibly wrong. Dr. Fauci's statements are frightening because they lack intellectual humility, and they remind me of a comic book phrase, rather than a statement by a leading physician or researcher. Would we expect anything different from Judge Dredd? [1] [1] https://youtu.be/miVoe7U6Lx4?t=30 https://youtu.be/miVoe7U6Lx4?t=30

MichaelCollins 4y ago

The personality cult that started to crystalize around Fauci was incredibly disturbing. For a few weeks it felt like I was being bombarded on all sides by "viral" videos of weirdos singing love songs to Fauci, getting tattoos of Fauci, all kinds of absurd celebrity worship shit. Why would anything like that be recommended to me in the first place, I never watch any content like that.

axpy906 4y ago
Really convenient how his role as the lead public official pushing AZT during the AIDs epidemic got memory-holed too. Edit: Adding sources to spite the Dow voter for merely stating a fact. Him saying: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fKWwEkBZjhM https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fKWwEkBZjhM An article: “ Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was now pushing to expand prescription.” https://www.spin.com/2015/10/aids-and-the-azt-scandal-spin-1989-feature-sins-of-omission/ https://www.spin.com/2015/10/aids-and-the-azt-scandal-spin-1...