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Dr. Fauci, America's Fallen Idol
Townhall.com ^ | June 28, 2021 | Jeff Crouere

Posted on 06/28/2021 5:59:02 AM PDT by Kaslin

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Director of the National Institute of Allergy, and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has been a constant fixture in the media since the outbreak of COVID-19 in late 2019.

Despite the relaxation of mandates and the falling virus death rates in the United States, Fauci continues to generate media attention.

He loves the media, and they love his “doom and gloom” message. In recent weeks, Fauci has been advocating for all Americans to vaccinate, including young people, and warning about the dangers of new variants.

This week, he appeared on a video for President Joe Biden. He called the “Delta variant” even more dangerous than the original virus. Fauci claimed it was “more transmissible” and a “variant of concern” especially to young people. The message was to get vaccinated “before it’s too late.”

This dire warning is in direct contrast to the evidence released in the United Kingdom. Their latest government report shows the fatality rate for the “Delta variant” to be 0.1%, lower than the “Alpha,” “Beta” and “Eta” variants. Why would Dr. Fauci misrepresent the threat of this new variant? Possibly to continue the COVID-19 public hysteria and his role as the media darling.

Fauci has served in his position since 1984, decades too long. There are good reasons to limit how long politicians and leaders of government bureaucracies should remain in office. It is an effective protection against corruption. After 37 years, Fauci has accumulated vast power and has become the highest paid person in the federal government, making $434,312 annually, an outrageous amount considering his pathetic COVID-19 track record.

While the media, President Biden and congressional Democrats have anointed him as the nation’s premier virus expert, in reality, Fauci has been a total failure. Throughout the pandemic, his recommendations have changed on vital issues such as masks and social distancing.

Not surprisingly, Fauci is losing credibility with the American people. A new Fox News poll indicates that 60% of Americans believe that COVID-19 emanated from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the Chinese bio-laboratory. This is almost double the number of people, 31%, "{who believe the virus started naturally in a Wuhan wet market. Thus, a strong majority of Americans reject the claims of Dr. Fauci, who continually downplayed the laboratory leak theory and insisted it was much more likely the virus started naturally.

Even bigger problems for Dr. Fauci involve accusations that he lied to the public. In a new book, Nightmare Scenario: Inside the Trump Administration's Response to the Pandemic That Changed History, written by Washington Post reporters Yasmeen Abutaleb and Damian Paletta, it is revealed that in April 2020 Fauci “reluctantly agreed” to terminate a $370,000 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to a non-profit group that worked closely with the Wuhan bio-lab. Fauci initially challenged the termination until he discovered that President Donald Trump supported the cancellation.

Several months later, in testimony to Congress, Fauci claimed that he had no idea why the grant was revoked. This discrepancy infuriated U.S. Representative Buddy Carter (R-GA), who blasted Fauci for being “so obsessed with maintaining his own relevance and downplaying President Trump’s role in combating this crisis that he’s once again been caught lying.” Carter believes it is “time for Dr. Fauci to go.” Of course, he is right, Fauci should have been removed from his position long ago.

U.S. Representative Markwayne Mullen (R-OK) also lamented Fauci’s obvious deception. He called the discrepancies “very concerning” and said an investigation should be launched to discover “how the pandemic happened and what Dr. Fauci knew and when he knew it.”

Due to Fauci’s discrepancies and controversies about the origins of the virus, House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) has called for “a full investigation by Congress.” Over 200 U.S House Republicans have joined Scalise in demanding that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) investigate the origins of the virus and the role of the Chinese Communist Party is hiding the truth from the world.

For months, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has debated Dr. Fauci on everything from mask mandates to herd immunity to the U.S. funding of “gain of function” research, which involves modifying viruses to make them even more transmissible to humans. In a 2012 paper, Fauci argued that the “benefits” of “gain of function” research would “outweigh the risk” of a potential lab leak. Sadly, seven years later, after the United States, under the direction of Dr. Fauci, directed a NIH grant be awarded to EcoHealth Alliance, which funded this type of research at the Wuhan lab, COVID-19 was unleashed on the world.

Contradicting Fauci’s claims, evidence is growing that the virus started in that Wuhan lab. In a recent Wall Street Journal investigation their reporters disclosed that U.S. intelligence services have information that numerous workers in the Wuhan lab required hospitalization in late 2019 after experiencing symptoms matching COVID-19.

When the treasure trove of Dr. Fauci’s emails were released in early June by Buzzfeed News, Paul indicated his support for the firing of the NIAID Director. He tweeted, “Can’t wait to see the media try to spin the Fauci FOIA emails.” The emails showed Fauci receiving praise for backing the theory that the virus was contracted naturally in the Wuhan wet market.

The emails also showed Fauci downplaying the effectiveness of masks. In February of 2020, Fauci wrote, “Masks are really for infected people to prevent them from spreading infection to people who are not infected rather than protecting uninfected people from acquiring infection…typical mask you buy in the drug store is not really effective in keeping out virus, which is small enough to pass through material.” Fauci famously changed his position later in 2020 and became one of the world’s foremost advocates of masks.

Today, Dr. Fauci is desperately trying to maintain his credibility, but the truth is catching up to him. He is not a national treasure, instead, he is a fraud, who is trying to cover-up one of the biggest scandals in American history.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: americanidol; anthonyfauci; coronavirus; covid19; drantonyfauci; fauci; nationaltreasure

1 posted on 06/28/2021 5:59:02 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

He might be able to hire himself out as a gnome on someone’s front lawn. There’s hope at least.


2 posted on 06/28/2021 6:12:17 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: HighSierra5
He might be able to hire himself out as a gnome on someone’s front lawn. There’s hope at least.

He'd be in far greater demand as a piñata at parties.

3 posted on 06/28/2021 6:13:26 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: Kaslin

Idol?

I thought he was an asshole the first time I saw him.


4 posted on 06/28/2021 6:28:27 AM PDT by enumerated
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To: Kaslin

Fauci may have lost credibility with some of the American public, but if the Marxists continue their takeover of U.S. society, he will be heralded in the history books of the future. Marxists historians many years from now will treat Fauci as a true hero of American history.


5 posted on 06/28/2021 6:31:17 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: Kaslin

FauxChi was never an idol of mine. He hasn’t fallen until he rots in prison for the rest of his life for crimes against humanity.


6 posted on 06/28/2021 6:32:05 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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To: enumerated

Hahaha, me too. As a young man I encountered so many Fauci types that now I can spot a person who suffers the little man syndrome with less than 30 seconds of observation. He personifies that condition so precisely he could be used as the universal example of the mental deformity.

No, I am not a doctor, nor did I stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night, but this is such an easy diagnosis that even the fraud in the White House can see it.


7 posted on 06/28/2021 6:41:17 AM PDT by bigfootbob
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To: Kaslin

It is not just a scandal, it is at best light manslaughter on a world level. What he did was the equal of disconnecting the warning mechanism on a reactor telling everyone even if it goes critical, it will only produce more energy than planned; after the melt down then saying, it was worth the risk.


8 posted on 06/28/2021 6:49:56 AM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media.)
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To: Kaslin

It is not just a scandal, it is at best light manslaughter on a world level. What he did was the equal of disconnecting the warning mechanism on a reactor telling everyone even if it goes critical, it will only produce more energy than planned; after the melt down then saying, it was worth the risk.


9 posted on 06/28/2021 6:49:56 AM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media.)
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Fallen idol????…I thought he was still God in leftist rat circles… give a narc liberal enough rope and they will hang themselves…


10 posted on 06/28/2021 6:59:06 AM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: Kaslin

Really appreciate the efforts of Dr. #Fauci. He has become a national treasure just like ALL of our healthcare workers throughout the U.S.

God bless them all for the risks they take and all the hard work they do to keep us safe and healthy.

You are all heroes!
🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) March 15, 2020


11 posted on 06/28/2021 7:50:07 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

I was going to reply to you that I hope you’re not serious. But than I realized you were quoting Lindsey Graham.


12 posted on 06/28/2021 8:09:53 AM PDT by Kaslin (Joe Biden will never be my President, and neither will Kamala Harris)
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To: enumerated

I thought he was an asshole the first time I saw him.
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One man’s idol is another man’s asshole. If you are on the opposite side of leftist idol worship, then you have chosen wisely. Quite simple, really.


13 posted on 06/28/2021 8:44:29 AM PDT by mund1011
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To: Kaslin
I've had a problem with Dr. Fauci and his arrogant colleagues since the GRIDS episode. These f'ups didn't listen to veterinarians that had been working with these infectious viruses from the beginning and decades before the human side was aware they existed. Veterinarians were working with Coronaviruses and having difficulty with them long before the human side recognized them. When SARS broke the CDC had to call in veterinarians I knew to help them with the characterization of the viruses. The clinical disease in animals have posed a threat in a myriad of symptoms concerning this virus as well as the trouble with developing a vaccine against them and yet Fauci and his cohorts ignore the experience.

Fauci claimed patents that were developed by the NIH and benefited financially significantly from them until he was found. They slapped him on the hand and allowed him to keep the money he made and he donated the subsequent money to charities whereas the left and MSM crowned Fauci a gracious and giving man. SMH...Fauci should be executed for the trouble he has caused and his overt dishonesty resulting in thousands of deaths.

14 posted on 06/28/2021 9:31:18 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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bump


15 posted on 06/29/2021 6:51:30 PM PDT by foreverfree
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