"Anthony Fauci has never struggled to speak his mind. But now that he has left government, he is finally speaking at least some of the truth about government policies and Covid. For instance, the six-feet rule for social distancing “sort of just appeared” without a solid scientific basis. That’s one of the admissions that Members of Congress say the former National Institutes of Health potentate made this week in two days of closed-door testimony to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic."
The difficulty in judging Fauci's Covid pronouncements is that we can't be sure what he knew at the time.
If he believed that Covid had the potential to kill millions, he would have felt compelled to promote measures to limit the spread. But other than keeping people at home by nailing up their doors -- something the Chinese are reported to have done -- there was no feasible measure of certain effectiveness. Thus more or less arbitrary measures such as social distancing, i.e., Fauci's off the cuff six-foot rule, and mandating the use of cheap masks that readily permitted virus laden particles to pass.
As it turned out, the lethality of Covid was limited so with hindsight, reactions at the time now seem excessive. Considered in the light of what little was apparently known at the time, they probably mostly make sense. Which doesn't alter the fact that Fauci comes across as neither honest nor aimiable.
What is worrying now is that the Chinese are now playing around with a corona virus reported to have 100% lethality, at least in mice. What if that gets loose? I suspect most people will then seek not six-foot social distancing but total isolation, state of affairs that could implode Western societies, while the Chinese, perhaps, have a vaccine ready for immediate use.
"The difficulty in judging Fauci's Covid pronouncements is that we can't be sure what he knew at the time."
This is an admirable attempt at judiciousness, CS, but I don't buy you and I knew more than Fauci.
We knew more than Fauci because we were informed by the best epidemiologists ... You know the ones, the ones Fauci was destroying and denouncing to the public.
I don't know how justice can be served in this case.
I would settle for us getting together and taking down the financing system which enabled the collusion of private (for-profit) and public (for-profit) interests in health care. Some of the most interesting and informative posts you put up had to do with this kind of financing. I remember, a little vaguely, I admit, how researchers at the NHS could take out patents and otherwise profit on work they did in government labs while receiving their government salaries. And, of course, Bill Gates (Bill Gates!!!) and Fauci have a very special, close-- and inappropriate-- relationship of a type I would think could easily be legislated against ever happening again.
If we were the slightest bit serious and intelligent, which we are not.
Reverting for a moment to the six-foot rule, you are right. It seemed like a piece of common sense that would reduce the spread. But in fact, it likely increased the spread by giving people a false sense of security about entering public spaces where any infected person will have exhaled clouds of widely diffusing, virus-laden, aerosol particles. This Dr. Fauci, not merely a biomedical expert but America's highest paid public servant had to have known.
Fauci's response to Rand Paul's accusations were typical, hilarious Fauci at his best. Paul's accusations are specific enough to be answered accurately. What does Fauci do? He says he doesn't know what Rand is talking about, and it is just "crazy".
If Fauci didn't know, at any time, he could have said, "I do not know." This, and, "In a time of uncertainty, it is best we be cautious...Better safe than sorry."
"I've got a bunch of monkey business for you slaves to comply with, and you'll comply, too. You don't want to be called mindless monkeys, now, do you. You'd rather experience a substantial decline in your standards of living from now on."
The "for profit" public healthcare interests need particular attention. For example, how come the 83-year-old Fauci is America's pandemic response top dog? Could it be that this man, who was publicly lauded by the late former CIA Director, President George H. W. Bush, and who was behind the American role in the creation of Covid, was, and is, a CIA operative? And in that case, was the pandemic a CIA orchestrated exercise?
Let me know if you are unable to access this WSJ report and I'll find another way to get it to you, CS.
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No, it seems I need a subscription.
DeleteTry this:
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That should work, but here's an example:
ReplyDelete"Anthony Fauci has never struggled to speak his mind. But now that he has left government, he is finally speaking at least some of the truth about government policies and Covid. For instance, the six-feet rule for social distancing “sort of just appeared” without a solid scientific basis. That’s one of the admissions that Members of Congress say the former National Institutes of Health potentate made this week in two days of closed-door testimony to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic."
These are bombshell admissions.
Thank you for the link.
DeleteThe difficulty in judging Fauci's Covid pronouncements is that we can't be sure what he knew at the time.
If he believed that Covid had the potential to kill millions, he would have felt compelled to promote measures to limit the spread. But other than keeping people at home by nailing up their doors -- something the Chinese are reported to have done -- there was no feasible measure of certain effectiveness. Thus more or less arbitrary measures such as social distancing, i.e., Fauci's off the cuff six-foot rule, and mandating the use of cheap masks that readily permitted virus laden particles to pass.
As it turned out, the lethality of Covid was limited so with hindsight, reactions at the time now seem excessive. Considered in the light of what little was apparently known at the time, they probably mostly make sense. Which doesn't alter the fact that Fauci comes across as neither honest nor aimiable.
What is worrying now is that the Chinese are now playing around with a corona virus reported to have 100% lethality, at least in mice. What if that gets loose? I suspect most people will then seek not six-foot social distancing but total isolation, state of affairs that could implode Western societies, while the Chinese, perhaps, have a vaccine ready for immediate use.
But see this on Fauci:
DeleteRand Paul: Fauci Should Go to Prison
"The difficulty in judging Fauci's Covid pronouncements is that we can't be sure what he knew at the time."
DeleteThis is an admirable attempt at judiciousness, CS, but I don't buy you and I knew more than Fauci.
We knew more than Fauci because we were informed by the best epidemiologists ... You know the ones, the ones Fauci was destroying and denouncing to the public.
I don't know how justice can be served in this case.
I would settle for us getting together and taking down the financing system which enabled the collusion of private (for-profit) and public (for-profit) interests in health care. Some of the most interesting and informative posts you put up had to do with this kind of financing. I remember, a little vaguely, I admit, how researchers at the NHS could take out patents and otherwise profit on work they did in government labs while receiving their government salaries. And, of course, Bill Gates (Bill Gates!!!) and Fauci have a very special, close-- and inappropriate-- relationship of a type I would think could easily be legislated against ever happening again.
If we were the slightest bit serious and intelligent, which we are not.
Reverting for a moment to the six-foot rule, you are right. It seemed like a piece of common sense that would reduce the spread. But in fact, it likely increased the spread by giving people a false sense of security about entering public spaces where any infected person will have exhaled clouds of widely diffusing, virus-laden, aerosol particles. This Dr. Fauci, not merely a biomedical expert but America's highest paid public servant had to have known.
DeleteFauci's response to Rand Paul's accusations were typical, hilarious Fauci at his best. Paul's accusations are specific enough to be answered accurately. What does Fauci do? He says he doesn't know what Rand is talking about, and it is just "crazy".
ReplyDeleteIf Fauci didn't know, at any time, he could have said, "I do not know." This, and, "In a time of uncertainty, it is best we be cautious...Better safe than sorry."
"I've got a bunch of monkey business for you slaves to comply with, and you'll comply, too. You don't want to be called mindless monkeys, now, do you. You'd rather experience a substantial decline in your standards of living from now on."
God, what a laugh.
The "for profit" public healthcare interests need particular attention. For example, how come the 83-year-old Fauci is America's pandemic response top dog? Could it be that this man, who was publicly lauded by the late former CIA Director, President George H. W. Bush, and who was behind the American role in the creation of Covid, was, and is, a CIA operative? And in that case, was the pandemic a CIA orchestrated exercise?
DeleteDISEASE X: Are The Globalists Planning Another Pandemic?
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