It is entirely fair and honest to say that Fauci has not been the most effective communicator throughout this pandemic. From his self-professed “noble lies” to his hair-splitting over what constitutes “gain of function” it’s not hard to see why many people don’t trust him. At least with politicians like Trump and Biden people don’t “expect” the truth, but when folks like Fauci claim to be above the bullshit, they better be prepared to actually be above the bullshit, otherwise they will be judged far more harshly than those who proudly wallow in it.
Wow, that was exceptionally well-stated. he defanged the majority of people who would verbally disagree with him with carefully stated conditions. And points out that the establishment has been entirely too self-confident wtihout expressing the limits of its knowledge.<p>It's pretty clear at this point, with the nature of omicron, that we will now be transitioning to an entirely new phase where large numbers of people ignore public health officials because they focus entirely too much on the most vulnerable at the expense of the mostly robust.