Peter Lederman in Second Bout With COVID-19

@jeff1225 

Fauci is not a "spokesperson" and never was, he is a scientist and administrator @dover Did you know that Fauci has been advising presidents since Reagan, but you never heard of him before. That's because presidents took his advise and solved problems. It was Trump that thrust him into the public's view as part of his vaudeville act he called a press conference.  

The current president, after he was elected, announced that Dr Fauci would lead the new administrations Covid response. I take Biden at his word which means that Fauci effectively is a "spokesperson" for the current administration, albeit he no doubt has his own personal and professional viewpoints as well.

It was Trump that thrust him into the public's view as part of his vaudeville act he called a press conference.  

I wouldn't call Fauci a vaudeville act, but Fauci has done more U-turns than a New York taxi driver. Fauci advised the former President up until early March 2020, that Covid would not be a problem in the US - Fauci was wrong. Furthermore, since the election, Fauci has claimed on CNN that he knew the seriousness of Covid in January 2020 - that is a reinvention of reality when you compare his public statements in that interview with his statements made February/March 2020.
Fauci, was against the use of masks, now Fauci's for it. There are many other examplles.
This is not fake news, Fauci's U turns and misleading information, in my view, is part of the problem with "trust" issues that the American public have with media, tech oligopolies, politicians & as a consequence medical experts.

I note that the UK policy with regards to vaccinating children is that only at risk children should be vaccinated. The reason they give is that there is insufficient testing at this stage.
The American view is that children should all be vaccinated - universities and some school in the US are mandating it.
Does this mean the tech companies should now remove the UK from their platforms for "misinformation".

The whole thing is a farce - from all sides. Reason, logic and science are big losers in this pandemic.

@lewm 
No we dont have a Covid problem in New Zealand thus far. There are no lockdowns, no mandatory masks, no mandatory vaccination. We currently have rugby games with full stadiums.
The only thing we have is tight border controls, quarantines and effective contact tracing and isolation mechanisms when someone slips through from overseas with Covid. 

Early on our border testing procedures had more holes than swiss cheese - they were only testing folk arriving in New Zealand with symptoms, no testing of asymptomatic folk. for example on one day I checked in early 2020, 108 people arrived, 33 tested, 8 had Covid. The other 75 asymptomatic folk were not tested at all. The statistical odds that none of the 75 untested had Covid would be very low in my view.
This swiss cheese view was supported by the former Dean of the Otago Medical School here in New Zealand, but ignored by our Prime Minister until the holes became apparent, and testing policy "updated".

@dover  You are very poorly informed

1. When you "lead" something you are not the spokesperson. Would you call the CEO of Facebook the "spokesperson." Of course not. 

2. Trump is the vaudeville act, this is the primary reason he lost the election in the USA.

3. This is a novel virus, IE it's never been seen before. Of course Fauci and the scientific community changed their guidance over time, they knew nothing about the virus.  This is common sense. 

Your little island shut its borders, we can't all be so lucky. 

@jeff1225 

Of course Fauci and the scientific community changed their guidance over time, they knew nothing about the virus.

Given Fauci's expertise in Corona virus, gain of function research, and is generally considered a medical expert in that field, that statement is indeed a novel ( book of fiction ). It is Alice in Wonderland.

Fauci shold have known the possible consequences of a Corona type virus even before the outbreak.

At least Trump got the US border partially shut down despite opposition  and got a vaccine through in 9 months - something Fauci claimed was not possible.
The decision by the Trump administration to place vaccine orders in advance of FDA approvals, procure the requisite raw materials through the US Army logistics team and commence production prior to trial completion, to ensure vaccines were in stock by the time the FDA approved them has saved millions of lives around the world and in the US.

@dover 

Again....you are poorly informed/educated. Fauci's scientific expertise is in the HIV/AIDS virus, not in Corona viruses. 

You should spend sometime understanding what the word "novel" means when discussing viruses. Novel means "never seen," there were no scientist that had a clue in what to due at the beginning. Focusing on Fauci is hilariously stupid, promoted by Murdoch's right wing media. 

Lastly, you should look into Trump's failure to enact the War Powers Act. This caused chaos as the states fought each other for resources. There's a reason he lost the election, sitting presidents rarely do. 
 
But you probably think that the election was stolen.....

Good luck. 

“But you probably think that the election was stolen.....”

Not a chance of that, right? Big Joe is clearly the most popular president in the history of the United States.