I’m not a Fauci hater however I believe this criticism of Facui from epidemiologist and oncologist Vinay Prasad hits the mark:
Lockdown was particularly advocated for by Anthony Fauci (‘15 days to cease the unfold’/ ‘hunker down’/ ‘shelter in place’), and Fauci would go on to make a whole lot of different particular coverage suggestions. Though he initially rejected it, by April 2020, he beneficial neighborhood fabric masking to sluggish the coronavirus (an intervention for which we now have randomized knowledge exhibiting it doesn’t work).
Fauci opposed Ron DeSantis in quite a few TV interviews in spring 2020 when DeSantis reopened colleges. He known as faculty reopening reckless— although it was extensively embraced in western Europe on the time, and now clearly the proper coverage selection.
Fauci supported vaccine mandates and border closure. He repeated the false assertion that 6ft of social distancing had an empirical foundation. Many within the media and medication suppose criticizing him is unfair— he did one of the best he may with what he knew on the time—however it’s honest to criticize a scientist who offered his views as info after they have been at finest hypothesis. And, furthermore, there’s one criticism that nobody can deny:
Though he was director of the NIAID, and though he managed a 5 billion greenback infectious illness analysis price range, he selected to launch, fund and conduct exactly ZERO randomized trials of non-pharmacologic interventions.
Hat tip: MD.
