Fauci also lied about herd immunity estimates to increase vaccination rates. > When polls said only about half of all Americans would take a vaccine, I was say

Fauci also lied about herd immunity estimates to increase vaccination rates. > When polls said only about half of all Americans would take a vaccine, I was saying herd immunity would take 70 to 75 percent ... Then, when newer surveys said 60 percent or more would take it, I thought, "I can nudge this up a bit," so I went to 80, 85. We need to have some humility here .... We really don’t know what the real number is. I think the real range is somewhere between 70 to 90 percent. But, I'm not going to say 90 percent. The intention doesn't really matter; you can't admit to lying for policy purposes, then wonder why people stopped trusting the government.