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Originally Posted by gnadfly

So what are you saying?

Despite certain individuals disparaging comments about Fauci, Fauci remains one of the top doctors in his field.

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Originally Posted by HedonistForever

So the most famous immunologist in the world, who spent his life studying viruses, wasn't sure that masks would be effective against a virus that was obviously being transmitted person to person through the air?

I wonder why doctors have been wearing masks for a hundred years.

No, Fauci told the public not to wear masks because he was worried that the people who needed them most, might not be able to get them so he sacrificed the many for the few. He knew they were necessary from the beginning, in certain situations, close contact of infected people.

Maybe that is something to be applauded, maybe not.

"A video circulating on social media shows Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), saying “there’s no reason to be walking around with a mask.” Fauci’s remarks were made on March 8, 2020 and do not represent his current stance on face coverings nor the updated guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The interview predates the CDC’s updated guidance on the use of face coverings. On April 3, 2020, the CDC updated its previous advice and recommended people wear cloth face coverings “in public settings when around people outside their household, especially when social distancing measures are difficult to maintain.”

As Fauci told the Washington Post here , at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, masks were not recommended for the general public, as authorities were trying to prevent a mask shortage for health workers and the extent of asymptomatic spread was unknown.



The CDC, and Fauci, made an incorrect judgement at the time based on available information.

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Anthony Stephen Fauci (/ˈfaʊtʃi/; born December 24, 1940) is an American physician-scientist and immunologist serving as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) since 1984 and chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden since 2021.
Fauci was one of the lead members of the Trump administration's White House Coronavirus Task Force addressing the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Fauci is one of the world's leading experts on infectious diseases, and during the early stages of the pandemic, The New Yorker and The New York Times described Fauci as one of the most trusted medical figures in the United States.[1][2][3][4]
As a physician with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Fauci has served American public health in various capacities for more than 50 years, and has been an advisor to every U.S. president since Ronald Reagan.[3] He became director of the NIAID in 1984 and has made contributions to HIV/AIDS research and other immunodeficiency diseases, both as a scientist and as the head of the NIAID.[5] From 1983 to 2002, Fauci was one of the world's most frequently-cited scientists across all scientific journals.[5] In 2008, President George W. Bush awarded Fauci the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, for his work on the AIDS relief program PEPFAR.



Fauci is out of his depth in the political arena.

He should stick to virology and medicine in his labs, whee he has contributed a great deal.

IMHO!