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This is why I will always trust and stand with Dr Fauci (Original Post) sheshe2 Aug 2021 OP
It's a real shame our form of Government KS Toronado Aug 2021 #1
Anything the government tries to do will be pounced on by the right as censorship, hadEnuf Aug 2021 #20
Dr. Fauci is a man of courage. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2021 #2
That he is, gaot. sheshe2 Aug 2021 #4
Thanks, sheshe2. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2021 #6
Sounds like a wonderful day. sheshe2 Aug 2021 #12
It was really nice. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2021 #18
Dayum you have had it hard. sheshe2 Aug 2021 #19
Oh, I've been around. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2021 #21
I am so grateful for this man. crickets Aug 2021 #3
+1 spooky3 Aug 2021 #5
whereas Trump and the cowards at Fox rurallib Aug 2021 #7
Love Dr. Fauci Joinfortmill Aug 2021 #8
That's what I did in my first management job Maru Kitteh Aug 2021 #9
He is such a good man, Maru. sheshe2 Aug 2021 #14
Girl friend is an RN and her Bible multigraincracker Aug 2021 #10
+1 Wow, didn't know that FakeNoose Aug 2021 #11
Wow, 1991. sheshe2 Aug 2021 #15
And our idiot governor DeathSentence is fundraising off trashing this mcar Aug 2021 #13
I know. sheshe2 Aug 2021 #16
Well past time, she mcar Aug 2021 #17
5 out of 70? sheshe2 Aug 2021 #23
Red county - most teachers here vote R mcar Aug 2021 #24
Oh, right! Forgot about that! Courage, integrity, smarts electric_blue68 Aug 2021 #22
Where was El Shaman Aug 2021 #25
He has got to be great because repukes hate him. The Jungle 1 Aug 2021 #26
K&R... spanone Aug 2021 #27
A good, decent, and trustworthy man. Pepsidog Aug 2021 #28
I've long thought that that principle is crucial to good management. BobTheSubgenius Aug 2021 #29
KnR Hekate Aug 2021 #30
I like the REAL doctors with the REAL certifications and the REAL credentials. calimary Aug 2021 #31

KS Toronado

(17,384 posts)
1. It's a real shame our form of Government
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 04:45 PM
Aug 2021

is unable or unwilling to stop flat out lies & conspiracy theories
put out by some journalists, if you can even call them that.

hadEnuf

(2,221 posts)
20. Anything the government tries to do will be pounced on by the right as censorship,
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 07:59 PM
Aug 2021

possibly giving the next "Trump" the excuse to shut down what they will call anti-American media. These people think like a fascist regime does.

With the government not having the belly for a fight like this, at least for now, we can only beat the right at their own game. Instead of being under the withering 24/7/365 beating from RW media we need to fight back. WE need more radio hosts pushing our side every day. WE need popular news networks that call out every single lie that the right puts out. WE need to hammer the truth home constantly over the airwaves.

The RW would have NEVER gotten to this point without their media machine. We need affluent people who value democracy and freedom to start investing in stuff like this because it's going to take a lot of money to get things going.

We either fight fire with fire or hope the GQP agrees to some sort of Fairness Doctrine to include cable, radio and internet news.

I wouldn't hold my breath for that.

greatauntoftriplets

(175,759 posts)
6. Thanks, sheshe2.
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 05:40 PM
Aug 2021

It was a good day, went to a restaurant (sat outdoors) because my youngest great-nieces aren't allowed to be vaccinated yet. Two of the triplets were there, the third is spending the summer on an internship in Wyoming.

greatauntoftriplets

(175,759 posts)
18. It was really nice.
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 07:46 PM
Aug 2021

I haven't seen them much in the last 1 1/2 years because of COVID. Plus, I fractured my ankle last November, had to have fusion surgery, then spent time in a rehab facility where I caught COVID. Fortunately, it was a mild case and I recovered and was fully vaccinated by the end of February.

It's been a tough year.

sheshe2

(83,973 posts)
19. Dayum you have had it hard.
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 07:50 PM
Aug 2021

I am so glad you survived COID and the foot fracture.

You have been missed.

Love you.

greatauntoftriplets

(175,759 posts)
21. Oh, I've been around.
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 08:05 PM
Aug 2021

Had my laptop throughout, which kept me sane. When they told me that I had COVID, I was mostly pissed off and thought I was going to die. But I didn't.

Love you too.

crickets

(25,987 posts)
3. I am so grateful for this man.
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 04:57 PM
Aug 2021

He's a beacon of sanity in the middle of all the craziness we've had to endure.

rurallib

(62,468 posts)
7. whereas Trump and the cowards at Fox
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 05:51 PM
Aug 2021

get vaccinated while they tell people to not vaccinate and maybe die

Maru Kitteh

(28,344 posts)
9. That's what I did in my first management job
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 06:11 PM
Aug 2021

Okay, so it was a fast food place, and I wasn't gonna die, but when individuals for one reason or another smeared feces all over the bathroom, I didn't make the staff take care of it. I did it.


I noticed today that Dr. Fauci never loses his patience with legitimate, earnestly asked questions from the public or media. He has less tolerance for Rand Paul. That alone makes him a role model in my opinion.


sheshe2

(83,973 posts)
14. He is such a good man, Maru.
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 07:28 PM
Aug 2021

I hate how he has been disrespected. Yet he carries on trying to stop the dying of people that refuse to help themselves.

multigraincracker

(32,736 posts)
10. Girl friend is an RN and her Bible
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 06:27 PM
Aug 2021

for nursing school was Principles of Internal Medicines of which Anthony S. Fauci md was one of the authors. Her edition was the 12th from 1991.

mcar

(42,424 posts)
17. Well past time, she
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 07:44 PM
Aug 2021

Hubby goes back to work tomorrow for his last year teaching. He is fully vaccinated, of course, but will continue to wear a mask in class. He said there was a staff meeting the other day in the cafeteria and he was one of only about 5 teachers/administrators wearing masks - out of 70.

sheshe2

(83,973 posts)
23. 5 out of 70?
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 08:47 PM
Aug 2021

These are our educators? They are not able to educate themselves about the repercussions of a pandemic when you don't protect themselves or others around them. How can they possibly educate the children?

Stay safe you two.

 

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)
26. He has got to be great because repukes hate him.
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 09:01 AM
Aug 2021

What is stunning is that repuke leadership is getting the vaccine and somehow convincing the masses not to get the shot.
We had better keep voting and controlling the government because the people following repuke leadership are dumb as a bag of rocks.

They refuse to answer when asked if they got vaccinated. Who would follow that stupid lie.

Seat belts
MMR vaccines for public school.
Car insurance.
Can't drink and drive.
Speed limits.
Can't buy a stinger missile. (I want to go wabbit hunting with one)
Zoning
Building codes.
Kitchen inspections
Yet these fools say NO to a shot that may well save them. They say no because their vaccinated leadership tells them not to.
So many stupid people forces me wonder about the future.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,572 posts)
29. I've long thought that that principle is crucial to good management.
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 12:07 PM
Aug 2021

I still follow that, in as much as possible. I have very, very few chances at leadership, and age is dulling my abilities to the razor's edge of a bowling ball, but I do what I can.

calimary

(81,546 posts)
31. I like the REAL doctors with the REAL certifications and the REAL credentials.
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 03:13 PM
Aug 2021

Not the phony arrogant schmucky poseur ones like rand paul.

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