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Meadows says Fauci wrong to compare coronavirus to 1918 pandemic
The HIll ^ | - 07/16/20 08:21 PM EDT | MORGAN CHALFANT

Posted on 07/16/2020 10:13:12 PM PDT by conservative98

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said on Thursday that Anthony Fauci was wrong to liken the coronavirus to the 1918 flu pandemic, calling his remarks “false” and “irresponsible.”

Meadows made the comments on Fox News after rebuking White House trade adviser Peter Navarro’s decision to pen an op-ed criticizing Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, which the chief of staff said was “not appropriate.”

Meadows went on to argue that not everything that Fauci says is correct.

“He was at Georgetown the other day and he suggested that this virus was worse or as bad as the 1918 flu epidemic. And I can tell you that not only is that false, it is irresponsible to suggest so,” Meadows told Fox News’s Martha MacCallum. “Listen, we all say things and do things that we wish that we hadn’t done.”

“My understanding is Dr. Fauci is walking that back and telling the American people that that was not accurate and not based on science,” Meadows continued. A spokesperson for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which Fauci directs, did not immediately return a request for comment.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1918; chiefofstaff; coronavirus; fauci; faucigaffes; markmeadows; tonyfauci; trumpchiefofstaff
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1 posted on 07/16/2020 10:13:12 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Right Said Fred I'm Too Sexy 2020 Tony Fauci Coronavirus Photo op Theme Song Single

2 posted on 07/16/2020 10:13:27 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

hes too soros/deep state


3 posted on 07/16/2020 10:15:45 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: conservative98

LOL...he THINKS he’s too sexy.

How embarrassing...in the middle of his own dempanic, er, scamdemic...I mean pandemic....posing like a fool.


4 posted on 07/16/2020 10:16:54 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: conservative98

Fauchi is nothing more than an typical overpaid government employee who has never created anything of worth. Well, maybe a itsy, bitsy more, I mean just a little. He is also a half rate political hack. Definitely that qualifies him to be believed.


5 posted on 07/16/2020 10:26:47 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." - George Orwell, 1984)
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To: conservative98

It is clear that confusion, corruption and chaos are real high on the list of anti-Trump priorities with the scamdemic.

Keep the ignorant confused to keep ‘em on the plantation.


6 posted on 07/16/2020 10:30:45 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: conservative98

GainofFunction Herr Doktor Fauxi


7 posted on 07/16/2020 10:31:05 PM PDT by A strike (" Was that wrong? Should I not have done this? " - Costanza)
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To: conservative98

Meadows is correct COVID1-9 is more like the 1957-1958 H2N2 Flu Pandemic:

1918 USA Influenza Pandemic:
USA Population: 103,208,000
675,000 flu fatalities (est.) = 0.00654 fatalities per capita (15.5x worse than COVID-19 so far)

1957-1958 Influenza Pandemic:
USA Population: 171,984,130
116,000 flu fatalities (est.) = 0.000675 fatalities per capita

1968-1969 USA Pandemic:
USA Population: 200,706,052
100,000 flu fatalities (est.) = 0.000498 fatalities per capita

2020 COVID-19 as of 7-14-2020:
USA Population: 331,002,651
139,143 COVID fatalities = 0.000420 fatalities per capita

Sources:
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/basics/past-pandemics.html

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/


8 posted on 07/16/2020 10:31:38 PM PDT by Drago
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To: Drago

Is that the Hong Kong flu?


9 posted on 07/16/2020 10:34:31 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: conservative98

Interesting that since Meadows became chief of staff, there has been nary a word in the drive by media about him. Is he too clean or they do not want to challenge him?


10 posted on 07/16/2020 10:36:11 PM PDT by Fungi
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I think 1968-’69 was called the “Hong Kong Flu”....1957-’58 was just the “Asian Flu”? All those names are “politically incorrect” now anyway! ;-)


11 posted on 07/16/2020 10:41:20 PM PDT by Drago
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To: Fungi
Interesting that since Meadows became chief of staff, there has been nary a word in the drive by media about him

Or they own him. Which is so often the case with republicans, at least for the last couple of decades.
12 posted on 07/16/2020 10:43:46 PM PDT by JoSixChip (Its not about color, its about character.)
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To: Fungi

From yesterday...

https://www.masslive.com/politics/2020/07/white-house-chief-of-staff-mark-meadows-violated-hatch-act-in-fox-news-interviews-watchdog-says.html


13 posted on 07/16/2020 10:46:56 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: Jane Long

https://www.instyle.com/news/dr-fauci-says-with-all-due-modesty-i-think-im-pretty-effective
By Norah O’Donnell

NO: And how long do you see yourself at the NIAID?

A F: I don’t see any termination within the near future because I judge [my career] by my energy and my effectiveness. And right now, with all due modesty, I think I’m pretty effective. I certainly am energetic. And I think everybody thinks I’m doing more than an outstanding job. I have a wife with incredibly good judgment, who will probably give me the signal when it’s time to step down. But I don’t think we’re anywhere near that right now.

NO: And is that role determined by the president and the White House?

A F: No.

NO: You can’t be fired from that role?

A F: No.


14 posted on 07/16/2020 11:01:59 PM PDT by maggief
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To: Drago

Drago wrote:

“Meadows is correct COVID1-9 is more like the 1957-1958 H2N2 Flu Pandemic:

1918 USA Influenza Pandemic:
USA Population: 103,208,000
675,000 flu fatalities (est.) = 0.00654 fatalities per capita (15.5x worse than COVID-19 so far)

1957-1958 Influenza Pandemic:
USA Population: 171,984,130
116,000 flu fatalities (est.) = 0.000675 fatalities per capita

1968-1969 USA Pandemic:
USA Population: 200,706,052
100,000 flu fatalities (est.) = 0.000498 fatalities per capita

2020 COVID-19 as of 7-14-2020:
USA Population: 331,002,651
139,143 COVID fatalities = 0.000420 fatalities per capita

Sources:
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/basics/past-pandemics.html

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

How does the H1N1 compare to the list you compiled?


15 posted on 07/16/2020 11:04:17 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: WildHighlander57

H1N1 (2009) is not even close....12,469 fatalities among an estimated 60.8 million cases in the USA. So lots of cases but not very deadly. USA pop. was about 305,529,000 in 2009 so the per capita fatality rate was 0.0000408. 16x LESS than 1957-’58 influenza pandemic.


16 posted on 07/16/2020 11:41:40 PM PDT by Drago
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To: Drago

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21342903/


17 posted on 07/16/2020 11:43:51 PM PDT by Drago
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To: conservative98

The good cop/bad cop gaslighting of Fauci continues.


18 posted on 07/17/2020 3:10:27 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Drago

Many thanks;

in any of those previous pandemics, such as 57-58 & 68-69, did they:

do lockdowns

mandate masks

have asymptomatic people spreading it?


19 posted on 07/17/2020 5:10:16 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: conservative98

We had a family member who contracted the Spanish flu as a kid, recovered, and lived to a ripe old age. She remembered the time well.

This ain’t the Spanish Flu.


20 posted on 07/17/2020 5:11:50 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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