Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), main medical advisor to the president, and a prominent figure during the U.S. COVID response, continues to stay in the spotlight. In his recent publication titled “HIV/AIDS and COVID-19: Shared Lessons from Two Pandemics” released on November 27, co-authored with researcher Gregory Folkers, Fauci seems to sidestep his own responsibility for the mistakes made by the government during the early stages of the pandemic.
It wasn’t me, the Fouch maintains—it was all Trump’s fault:
In the paper, the authors highlighted the crucial role of political leadership during a pandemic crisis. They pointed out that during the COVID-19 outbreak, former President Donald Trump downplayed the severity of the situation, repeatedly suggesting that the virus would disappear on its own. Throughout 2020, Trump failed to utilize his influential position to promote the use of basic preventive measures such as masks, better ventilation, and physical distancing to mitigate the spread of the virus.
One notable issue arises early on: studies have shown that masks were not as effective as initially thought. Additionally, the concept of maintaining a six-foot distance from others, heavily emphasized as a scientific guideline, was later admitted by Fauci in June to have been more of an arbitrary recommendation.
