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That's exactly the point I have made to others. He handled the AIDs epidemic for Reagan, SARS, and H1N1. And yet he has never, EVER gotten this much attention before.
You can thank social media and Donald Trump for that. Under any other administration, you'd probably still barely know him. So many people either love or hate what he says that they blast it on social media. When Trump was being chaotic sounding in the beginning, Fauci added some calm at that time. In that way, Trump caused the spotlight to shine on him.
Can't compare to Reagan years because there was ZERO social media to amplify this.
You can thank social media and Donald Trump for that. Under any other administration, you'd probably still barely know him. So many people either love or hate what he says that they blast it on social media. When Trump was being chaotic sounding in the beginning, Fauci added some calm at that time. In that way, Trump caused the spotlight to shine on him.
Can't compare to Reagan years because there was ZERO social media to amplify this.
Amen!
Social media = yes
Trump = yes...to an extent
For starters, the AIDS epidemic was a big deal and even without social media there was 24/7 coverage on it. We lived in different times so that also plays a role. Trump definitely caused the anti-Trumpsters to come to Fauci's defense, but we live in a day and age now where you get canceled for disagreeing with people like Fauci. If it was Hillary or someone else in office that challenged him the results would've still been the same. Fauci seized that moment and knew he was safe the moment YouTubers and Twitch Stream Players were able to get him to come on for interviews.
That's exactly the point I have made to others. He handled the AIDs epidemic for Reagan, SARS, and H1N1. And yet he has never, EVER gotten this much attention before.
This is an internet thing.
Back in the AIDS days within relevant medical communities and literature, he was so pervasive at the academic center of AIDS that I had to cancel my NEJM subscription. As a doc I had moved to an area where AIDS was not endemic, and there was so many new medical articles coming out about AIDS, I no longer had use for the journal.
That's exactly the point I have made to others. He handled the AIDs epidemic for Reagan, SARS, and H1N1. And yet he has never, EVER gotten this much attention before.
None of those diseases were on a level of Covid where they became a worldwide pandemic and required shut downs of schools, businesses and travel. There was a good deal of disagreement on how should handle Ebola, I recall the returning nurse being quarantined in a bubble by Christie. But this is far beyond that particularly with the explosion of Facebook and Twitter.
Never saw such hatred for health experts as you can see on this thread and in congress to the point where Fauci needs a body guard.
Interesting example, because people like Fauci remind me of a dad on a family vacation who is clearly lost but won't ask for directions, due to ego, and keeps saying "it's just a few more minutes," like 20 times.
If 13 months into this thing strikes you as too early to ask if we're there yet, when wouldn't be too early to ask that question? 15 months? 2 years? 10 years?
This needs to be solved not only by each state in the nation but worldwide, so many unknowns about this disease especially with the new variants. It really is beside the point anyway states are going there way anyway and make their decisions, some will ignore his advice some will follow.
This needs to be solved not only by each state in the nation but worldwide, so many unknowns about this disease especially with the new variants. It really is beside the point anyway states are going there way anyway and make their decisions, some will ignore his advice some will follow.
Well Fauci isn't in charge of the world..just the US.
A virus mutates and there will always be variants of this virus it seems.
All he keeps saying is that there are too many cases and we have to bring them down to a reasonable number.
People just want to know what he considers a reasonable number. Is that really too much to ask ?
Obviously he has some number in his head.
None of those diseases were on a level of Covid where they became a worldwide pandemic and required shut downs of schools, businesses and travel. There was a good deal of disagreement on how should handle Ebola, I recall the returning nurse being quarantined in a bubble by Christie. But this is far beyond that particularly with the explosion of Facebook and Twitter.
Never saw such hatred for health experts as you can see on this thread and in congress to the point where Fauci needs a body guard.
I never saw a doctor have so much power that anyone can immediately get kicked out of his circle if they go about the research in a different way, or bring more data to the table that wasn't given the "Fauci seal of approval." There have been smarter doctors in the room and yet Fauci can simply say he doesn't want to work with them and out they go. Dr Scott Atlas for example. He gave him the cold shoulder which caused Atlas to resign from his position on the team.
I never saw a doctor deflect such a simple question as many times as Fauci has. He can throw out numbers for everything else but can't give us an exact date as to when the masks can come off? Especially when vaccinated? Why is Fauci telling people he still won't go out in public to sporting events or even to dinner when he's been vaccinated?
I never saw a doctor contradict the CDC so many times and challenge them simply because Fauci's OPINION doesn't align with their data. CDC says 3 ft is acceptable and Fauci said no until he was cornered. Now he agrees with them.
I never saw a doctor have such a burning desire to keep moving the goal posts for when we can reopen
I never saw a doctor lash out at multiple states like Texas for rolling back, yet he can't give anyone an answer as to why they're numbers for cases are continuing to drop
I never saw a doctor get his own baseball card and children's storybook, and take on interviews with people who steam and play video games for a living on YouTube
I never saw a doctor go to such great lengths to duck and dodge the topic of how badly this pandemic has affected people's mental health, as well as suicide rates for teens going up. He's giving softball responses to it.
Also, Fauci would have a bodyguard regardless because he's WH staff. And even then I don't feel bad for him. He's playing God and he loves the power.
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