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(excerpt from an inteview Dr Fauci did with BBC radio this week)
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)crickets
(25,981 posts)LisaL
(44,973 posts)We never locked down fully and we opened up too soon. One didn't have to be a rocket scientist to see the results coming.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)He and Birx
of getting his fuhrer at him. I mean he did and has said the right thing periodically, just not consistently. He did what his fuhrer allowed him to do. Where is Dr. Brix? Haven't heard much from her, but same deal as Fauci probably.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Fiendish Thingy
(15,623 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)His silence or watered down messaging came across as approval of opening up too soon.
Hes guilty on original mask guidance, but he realizes now that that hurt the effort.
FreeState
(10,572 posts)Last edited Sat Jul 4, 2020, 05:42 PM - Edit history (1)
He would have been fired and replaced by an unqualified lackey. Damned if you do damned if you dont.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,868 posts)Thought abd wanted to say he simply would ve been replaced.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Maybe he doesnt risk expulsion from the task force because hes the only sane voice.
Idk, I like him, and its probably asking too much for him to risk his job just to try to save thousands of lives.
But hes speaking up again, albeit to other countries.
JCMach1
(27,559 posts)Was...
Lockdown was just to buy time to gather supply
iluvtennis
(19,862 posts)FDA and WHO and EU have all deemed it ineffective for treatment of CV-19.
iluvtennis
(19,862 posts)for Dr Fauci to be interviewed. Have heard it reported numerous times on CNN and MSNBC over last several weeks.
I believe Fauci acquiesced to trump to remain on the CV task force as he knew he needed to be there for the sake of the nation.
Raine
(30,540 posts)apparently ... now he says something but was silent when he shouldn't have been.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,414 posts)Not only did we "re-open" too early (which some state were very reckless about) we were never actually in a state of total lockdown in this country and, as such, what we did wasn't very effective in controlling spread in the early days of this pandemic and that it's even more disingenuous to complain about how bad it was that we had to be locked down at all.
iluvtennis
(19,862 posts)tavernier
(12,392 posts)And replaced by another Birx, even weaker.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,855 posts)She FINALLY looked perturbed over him suggesting the injection of disinfectants, but later "Birxsplained" that behavior too... as him thinking out loud when presented with new ideas.