Gravitas: Fauci's farewell briefing goes off the rails

Our next story is about Dr. Anthony Fauci, America's top medical advisor, a man both loved and hated in a way loved for his no-nonsense approach to public health and hated for his flip-flops as the face of the answer. of the United States to the pandemic by his admirers he is a hero to his critics he is a villain and both sides have become active once again and why he will hang up his lab coat next month he will retire from public service to begin the next chapter of his life the 81-year-old currently serves as chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

In December he will leave both positions after advising more than seven presidents in a career spanning four decades. He talked about this in detail on Tuesday in his final White House

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that has now sparked a storm online, we'll tell you why in a moment, let's first listen to some of Dr. Anthony Fauci's comments about his withdrawal. I'll let other people judge the value or not. of my achievements, but what I would like people to remember about what I have done is that every day for all those years I have given everything I have and I have never left anything on the field, so I don't want to see someone get infected I don't want to see anyone hospitalized and I don't want to see anyone die from greed, whether you're a far-right Republican or a far-left Democrat, it makes no difference to me.

The way to counter misinformation and disinformation is to do your best as often as possible to provide correct information and I want to repeat a few comments that stuck out to me. I have never left anything in the field. The way you counter misinformation is by providing correct information now, those are impressive statements, but does Dr. Fauci actually practice what he preaches? That's a question his critics are asking, and here's why as soon as Dr. Fauci concluded his monologue, a reporter tried to ask him what he had done to personally investigate the situation. he origins of the coronavirus and was soon joined by other reporters who shouted similar questions at Dr.

Fauci. Fauci did not respond to any of them, but instead let someone else do his job, putting the White House Press Secretary in further danger, she jumped in and interrupted reporters. telling them they were being disrespectful, you should see this only only 13 percent wait a second, we have a process here. I'm not criticizing people who yell and you're being, you're being, you're being disrespectful to your colleagues and they're being disrespectful to our guests. I won't call them if they're yelling and they're also taking time off because Dr. Fauci has to leave in a couple of minutes.

I've finished now. I'm not going. I'm not going to get into a back and forth with you, go ahead Jeremy um I heard your question but we're not doing this the way you want this is disrespectful I'm done Simon I'm done it's Simon. I'm done, I'm done with you right now, go ahead, go ahead, go ahead, you're taking time away from your colleagues, go ahead, only 13 of them, well you heard we're not doing this the way you want, when was the last one? time he heard reporters tell them that wasn't exactly how the Trump White House would operate.

My point is simple: Democrats who pride themselves on defending free speech are indulging in the same tactics they once accused Republicans of, so why not? If they just let Dr. Fauci answer those questions, it's not like he hasn't faced those questions before over the last two years. He's been questioned about the origins of Covid-19 by lawmakers, journalists and Fauci's scientific colleagues, and that's over and over again. Everyone has questioned him about his efforts to investigate the origins of Covet 19. Answering them is his job as the face of the United States' response efforts to Covid-19. In any case, the topic is not dying out anytime soon.

Look at the headline on your screen. It's August. That's when Republican lawmakers had promised to have Dr. Fauci testify about the origins of the virus if they gained a majority in the House of Representatives and guess what Republicans have not only secured a majority in the House but are also seeking to execute. His surprise is that he is investigating Dr. Fauci on Covid-19 holding him accountable to a committee. It's not a question of if, but when. When the professional begins, what can we expect from him to respond? We'll have to look at Dr. Fauci's track record. on the origins of Covid-19 is a sorry story of U-turns and U-turns in May 2020.

Dr. Fauci dismissed the Lab League theory, saying in an interview and I quote, this could not have been manipulated artificially or deliberately. Signs indicate that the virus evolved in nature and then jumped species in March 2021. He again brushed aside the lab league theory by calling the former DDC director's comments on the matter an opinion that the former DDC director The CDC, Robert Redfield, remember had said that the virus originated in a laboratory and this is what Dr. Fauci said in response, obviously there are a number of theories that Dr. Redfield was mentioning that he was giving an opinion on a possibility, but again there are other alternatives that most people maintain and two months later, when 18 prominent American scientists published a letter and said that natural spread and a laboratory accident were viable explanations.

Dr. Fauci did a 180 degree turn and said this. I am quoting. I'm not convinced that Kovit arose naturally. The United States should continue to investigate what happened in China. until we continue to find out as best we can what happened and then in June Dr. Fauci again explained his dilemma and said there could be other origins of Covid-19, let me quote again, the most likely origin is from a animal species to a human being, but I keep an absolutely open mind and there may be other origins. It could have been a lab leak. Now here's the thing.

Good science takes time. It took scientists months to find a vaccine. Months more to realize that the virus. could have been done in a lab in an ideal world Dr. Fauci could be forgiven for his about-face on the origins of Covid-19, but we don't live in an ideal world, especially not for Americans, who live in a time of polarization and misinformation. fear of science and the politics of Vendetta Dr. Anthony Fauci could be a victim of all four. I'm not saying these polls go back to 2021. A poll was conducted asking Americans what they thought about Far Chi's comments about the origins of Covid-19, whether it's true, or whether it's misled the public. and this is what the survey showed.

Nearly 61 percent of voters said Dr. Fauci was honest with the public about how the pandemic began, in contrast, 39 percent of respondents said the country's top infectious disease expert had been misleading. to the public and around the same time another survey was conducted, Americans were asked if they believed Covid-19 was created in a lab and this is what the survey showed, only 31 percent of Americans said they thought that the virus had evolved from nature, but a whopping 60 percent believed it was created in the Wuhan lab in China, what does that tell you? Yes, most Americans agree that the virus could have been man-made, but they also disagree on whether Dr.

Fauci was truthful about it, blaming his incorrect messaging, polarized coverage. of covid. -19 or simply differences with the Republican Party, there is no way for Dr. Fauci to escape this debate anytime soon. He may be out of post-government service, but the Laboratory League theory is here to stay. We are now available in his country. Download the app now get all the news on the go.