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Fauci can’t be the one to decide when to reopen the economy. He wasn’t elected president and can only offer advice, and he was wrong before in January when he said the country was at low risk for the virus. People won’t put up with six months of this.
In January when Fauci made the comment it was less than a week after the first US case was diagnosed and over a week before the first death was reported. He wasn't wrong. There had been no reason to believe at that time that human to human transmission was possible among asymptomatic individuals. The guy is a scientist, they work on facts not feelings.
What would you prefer? That he was still saying that when the evidence later revealed there was a danger? Did he not say "right now" and the CDC and FEMA were examining the situation? Did he make the statement you claim and walk away? He's a doctor, not a clairvoyant.
Originally Posted by martinjsxx
Fauci can’t be the one to decide when to reopen the economy. He wasn’t elected president and can only offer advice, and he was wrong before in January when he said the country was at low risk for the virus. People won’t put up with six months of this.
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Originally Posted by kokonutty
In January when Fauci made the comment it was less than a week after the first US case was diagnosed and over a week before the first death was reported. He wasn't wrong. There had been no reason to believe at that time that human to human transmission was possible among asymptomatic individuals. The guy is a scientist, they work on facts not feelings.
What would you prefer? That he was still saying that when the evidence later revealed there was a danger? Did he not say "right now" and the CDC and FEMA were examining the situation? Did he make the statement you claim and walk away? He's a doctor, not a clairvoyant.
Dr Fauci has since admitted he was dead wrong regarding the threat of the virus to America and has explained he (and just about all other American public health experts) were wrong because they were faked out by false Chinese data/reports. Experts (and non-experts) can certainly be wrong. In this case, he puts the blame squarely on China.
Dr. Fauci has also explained that China's misinformation meant that we missed our best chance to avoid much of the ill effects of the virus. He has repeatedly said he would have recommended an even earlier and even more vigorous halt to China-related travel.
Well, we certainly missed that first and best chance to dodge the full effects of the virus and the rest, as they say, is history.
/\/\ I read the model as the NY deaths downswing beginning after the peak (not May, but April 9) with the last Coronavirus deaths in NY May 1ish. Is that wrong?
/\/\ I read the model as the NY deaths downswing beginning after the peak (not May, but April 9) with the last Coronavirus deaths in NY May 1ish. Is that wrong?
I see 10 per day at May 1st, looks like maybe May 9th to get a a prediction of 0 per day.
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