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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump labels a reporter's question about a lack of surgical masks as fake news, Fauci disagrees.
@atrupar
After Trump basically labels a reporter's question about a lack of surgical masks as fake news, Fauci takes the mic and tells the reporter, "you're not making things up. I know that."
Link to tweet
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)Cherrypicking incoherence is far too easy with Deputy Doublespeak!
I was yelling at my television. Then I turned it off.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)They're NOT throwing them away (which would be normal. But what is NORMAL right now ?), they're trying to disinfect them and reuse them. Which is NOT how it works. The virus can stay on surfaces for hours. Hell, bacteria can rest on a surface for NINE DAYS.
Our health care workers NEED the PPE and DME goods NOW. And trumpie is just LYING OUT HIS ASS right now about pretty much EVERYFUCKINGTHING.
doc03
(35,325 posts)SCantiGOP
(13,869 posts)I have hated the criticism I have seen of him on DU in recent days, stuff like he has sold out, he's now as bad as the rest in praising trump.
He has probably been fired or threatened with firing dozens of times recently. He is walking a fine line to do what he can to help us, and he has to stay on TV to do that.
HarlanPepper
(2,042 posts)We shouldnt assume only those on the right are incapable of processing nuance. Plenty around here who have the same problem. Hes got a tough job and has to walk a tightrope.
3Hotdogs
(12,372 posts)Redfield?
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)after he agreed to Katie Porter's request about testing.
paleotn
(17,911 posts)EndlessWire
(6,513 posts)He's toast.
Champp
(2,114 posts)Now trending on twitter
Because people are sick (and dying) because of Republican lies
Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)Seriously.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)will just make Trump's problems worse. Trump may not appreciate that given his narcissism, but he likely have advisers that see the risk.
Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)all, and trying to stay healthy, trapped by trump's little surprises all day, and then having president clown shouting in everyone's ear. Who could tolerate that?
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)If trumpie fires Tony Fauci, we are truly fucked. He and Birx are the ONLY ones standing up to him and getting the truth out there.
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)Trump will eventually fire Fauci, and replace him with Sleepy Ben.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)stillcool
(32,626 posts)He's the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Dr. Fauci was appointed director of NIAID in 1984. He oversees an extensive portfolio of basic and applied research to prevent, diagnose, and treat established infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, respiratory infections, diarrheal diseases, tuberculosis and malaria as well as emerging diseases such as Ebola and Zika. NIAID also supports research on transplantation and immune-related illnesses, including autoimmune disorders, asthma and allergies. The NIAID budget for fiscal year 2020 is an estimated $5.9 billion.
Dr. Fauci has advised six presidents on HIV/AIDS and many other domestic and global health issues. He was one of the principal architects of the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a program that has saved millions of lives throughout the developing world.
Dr. Fauci also is the longtime chief of the Laboratory of Immunoregulation. He has made many contributions to basic and clinical research on the pathogenesis and treatment of immune-mediated and infectious diseases. He helped pioneer the field of human immunoregulation by making important basic scientific observations that underpin the current understanding of the regulation of the human immune response. In addition, Dr. Fauci is widely recognized for delineating the precise ways that immunosuppressive agents modulate the human immune response. He developed effective therapies for formerly fatal inflammatory and immune-mediated diseases such as polyarteritis nodosa, granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly Wegener's granulomatosis), and lymphomatoid granulomatosis. A 1985 Stanford University Arthritis Center Survey of the American Rheumatism Association membership ranked Dr. Faucis work on the treatment of polyarteritis nodosa and granulomatosis with polyangiitis among the most important advances in patient management in rheumatology over the previous 20 years.
Dr. Fauci has made seminal contributions to the understanding of how HIV destroys the body's defenses leading to its susceptibility to deadly infections. Further, he has been instrumental in developing treatments that enable people with HIV to live long and active lives. He continues to devote much of his research to the immunopathogenic mechanisms of HIV infection and the scope of the body's immune responses to HIV.
In a 2019 analysis of Google Scholar citations, Dr. Fauci ranked as the 41st most highly cited researcher of all time. According to the Web of Science, he ranked 8th out of more than 2.2 million authors in the field of immunology by total citation count between 1980 and January 2019.
for the review, I hadn't bothered to look him up, just assumed his competence based on tenure and his unwillingness to lie for the Orange Menace...
He's what should be in our government... a calm, honest, apolitical expert.
Too bad the 'man' in charge is such an arrogantly ignorant narcissistic 'personality'.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)It is easy for you to make that kumbaya call, but a monster is in charge, there IS a valid question now about whether Fauci is freely doing his job, or is he having to defer to an egomaniac each day. I still think that he would like get more done working with Biden and university researchers from around the world that he would working under an insecure racist who make a point of calling the virus the "Chinese virus".
stillcool
(32,626 posts)I only provided information about the man, and the position he's held since 1984. I'm sure you know what's best for him...sorry if it offended you.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I am aware of his general history. The question is whether a narcicisst will give him the freedom to do his job. Until you can answer that in the affirmative, whatever you post has no relevance toward answering the central question.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)and yet the general history of the job he has been doing since 1984 has no revelance. ...Kumbaya
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Even Reagan, with his tone deafness to the spread of AIDS let scientists do their jobs. There is no contemporary record of Trump letting those under him do their jobs when they contradict his bullshit.
I am not accusing the man of not doing his job, my initial point was that he very well could accomplish more by leaving working under Trump and joining leaders that value scientific input and use it when making policy.
EndlessWire
(6,513 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)for him to continue seeking a cure for the illness the virus causes, and a vaccine so that people can be innoculated during the future.
OnlinePoker
(5,719 posts)He makes up shit on the fly and believes it because he says it. Or, he hears something about a possible cure in passing, and then broadcasts it without confirmation and then his "team" is left to pick up the pieces and walk back the bullshit. The problem is, half of the U.S. population still thinks he's doing a good job. The mind boggles at this.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Of his colon.
Dr. Carson has separated conjoined twins. This operation may actually be more complicated but the survival of the patient is less relevant.
Calling Dr. Ben! STAT! Wake up Dr. Ben!
ZERTErYNOthe
(199 posts)Second video above: Trump is hanging over Fauci like he did Hillary at the debates. Fauci, after saying "What you've just heard about the different avenues, some of which aren't even recognized about how you can get help" (it sounds like Trump wrote that for him), he says "In addition to the large amounts of additional PPE that's coming in to the system, we hope ...". Trump reacts visibly. He got what he wanted.
In reality Fauci gave a bunch of bullshit: "some of which aren't recognized" (a typical Trump slam against the press who won't report on Trumps Genius, but Fauci will by proxy).
As well as "In addition to the large amounts ... coming in to the system". Really? Where are they coming from? I see some volunteers sewing masks, and Musk is doing something, but what about the DPA, which Trump also touted as one his accomplishments? At least someone said something to stroke Trumps ego.
LAS14
(13,783 posts).... about Fauci and Birx as they struggled to maintain the pulpit that 1/3 of the nation will listen to so they can tell the truth.