https://wsj.com/articles/anthony-fauci-covid-social-distancing-s…
For instance, the six-feet rule for social distancing “sort of just appeared” without a solid scientific basis. That’s one of the admissions that Members of Congress say the former National Institutes of Health potentate made this week in two days of closed-door testimony to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.
A BMJ article in August 2020 explained as much. It noted that the virus’s transmissibility depends on many factors, including ventilation, the host’s viral load and symptoms, and the duration of exposure, among other things.
Officials nonetheless promoted the arbitrary rule because they didn’t trust Americans to understand scientific nuance or, for that matter, anything. Businesses, churches and schools that weren’t forced to close had to spend money reconfiguring their operations to comply with these government guidelines.
Dr. Fauci also told the House that vaccine mandates “could increase vaccine hesitancy in the future,” according to Chairman Brad Wenstrup. Yes, it may, as we warned when President Biden imposed his vaccine mandates. Yet Dr. Fauci insisted that making life difficult for unvaccinated Americans would compel them to fall into line.
@RadiantR3publicanRepublican4mos4MO
I struggle to come up with one single solitary thing the CDC and Fauci did that had a positive effect on outcomes at the societal level during COVID.
@GrumpyVoterIDLibertarian4mos4MO
Sweden rejected the recommendations that Fauci and Collins made and Sweden had a far lower rate of COVID deaths than the US did.
@RadiantR3publicanRepublican4mos4MO
“It turns out the six-feet social-distancing rule had no scientific basis.“
Neither did the lockouts, or the wearing of masks.
Never again.
@GrumpyVoterIDLibertarian4mos4MO
But anyone with a contrarian view of Fauci was ridiculed and vilified for spreading "misinformation" by Leftist media - the enemy of America.
@9CJ6CB64mos4MO
And how exactly is this “Leftist media” the enemy of America?
@9CJ6CB64mos4MO
Positive recommendations. Even if the 6-foot rule isn’t necessarily the best way, it is a way, and a decent enough benchmark to get the point across. I’d prefer they explain the nuance as much as possible, but I have few qualms if they said that a random distance rule just “appeared.”
@OpulentVoleDemocrat4mos4MO
The vaccine saved 1M American lives.
Social media, including this comment section, being manipulated by organized groups.
@LionRonnieConstitution4mos4MO
Which organized groups specifically?
I am not part of an organized group, I just remember the massive civil rights violations, cruel hospital policies, and scientific fraud forced on me for years and I'm not letting it go.
@ISIDEWITH4mos4MO
Is it ethical for public health officials to use fear or inconvenience to enforce compliance with things like vaccine mandates?
@9CJ6CB64mos4MO
If the fear is unfounded, then no, it just causes the opposite effect in the face of skepticism, and when the effects aren’t as bad as they were told, then they start to distrust everything else. Inconveniences aren’t as much of a problem to me, nor do I consider them a terrible way to go around things.
@ISIDEWITH4mos4MO
