Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
That can all be 100% true...but it does not change the objective reality that he purposefully misled the American people with regards to mask usage in March and April. If some people feel his misleading public statements were somehow okay or justified because of the righteousness behind his decision (avoiding a public rush on scarce medical PPE) then that's a fair debate to be had.
Frankly I don't see how anybody with a shred of objectivity can listen to the man's own statements in full context of interviews available on Youtube, combined with printed interviews, and not conclude he purposefully misled the American public in March and April on the topic of facial coverings.
I think we just disagree. First, he can’t just casually go against CDC guidance. Secondly, you’d really have to get into his head to know things like what level of knowledge/certitude of things like asymptomatic spread he actually had (back in March). I give him benefit of the doubt here just as I cut Trump slack when criticized for a slow response in January and February (who could truly have known what was to come). That aside I do think Fauci is worthy of critism…
He shouldn’t have attended the baseball game/thrown the first pitch. Most people can’t go to games and so it looks bad. Also he’s our Public heath lead so the appearance of celebrity should be avoided.
More importantly, when it was obvious there was a huge divide between himself and Trump, I think resigning may have been the way to go. But it’s not clear-cut. I understand why Jim Mattis resigned but otoh you want people like Mattis working in government.
Back to the lying thing though…if we could get inside his mind to know for sure…I’d bet the house he’s told us the truth as best he knows it while working within the constraints of massive bureaucracy and a pandemic not seen in 100 years.