Fauci says lack of candor from Trump administration 'very likely' cost lives

[DonViejo]

Source: CNN


By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN

Updated 8:27 AM ET, Fri January 22, 2021

Washington (CNN)Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday that the lack of truthfulness from the Trump administration regarding the Covid-19 pandemic "very likely" cost American lives.

"Particularly when you're in the situation of almost being in a crisis with the number of cases and hospitalizations and deaths that we have -- when you start talking about things that make no sense medically and no sense scientifically, that clearly is not helpful," Fauci, the chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, said on CNN's "New Day" Friday.

Asked by CNN's John Berman if the lack of candor over the last year and lack of facts, in some cases, cost lives, Fauci said, "You know, it very likely did."

He warned that it's "not helpful" when "you're starting to go down paths that are not based on any science at all," adding that he doesn't wish to rehash the ways in which the Trump administration steered away from science.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/22/politics/fauci-biden-covid-approach-cnntv/index.html

[riversedge]

1. That is the polite way saying That #Trump failed and people died

[procon]

2. This was painfully obvious early on when Trump

Started lying about the spreading virus and refused to take a national leadership roll to layout science based guidelines to control it.

Knowing your relatives and friends died needlessly because of Trump's incompetence and cowardly refusing to deal with the virus will effect millions of people.

[Harker]

3. It certainly cost lives.

Referring to the outbreak as the Democrat's "new hoax" killed people.

The only question, though unanswerable, is how many?

[EarthFirst]

4. Thank you; Doctor Fauci...

I appreciate your willingness to divulge this information to us.

While it’s not important for us to dwell on this inaction; I would implore you to further share this information with us as it’s a necessary part of discovery which I feel the public is owed to hear.

I look forward to hearing much more from Dr. Fauci.

[Gary 50]

5. Lying to the American people about the danger of covid 19 when he knew it was deadly.

Making refusing to wear a facemask a political act. Calling it a "Democratic hoax". Pushing useless therapies. Having superspreader rallies in areas with high infection rates. Silencing responsible scientists and having a quack as the administrations leader of the covid response team. Leaving the states to handle the problem with zero national coordination. These horrible actions caused hundreds of thousands of needless deaths. Donald trump is the greatest mass murderer in our countries history. Mass murder by incompetence and supreme indifference. He couldn't be bothered to do the work, it would interfere with his twitter rantings and his golf game.

[murielm99]

6. Any time he saw or heard something

he could not deal with or did not want to deal with, he called it a hoax, or fake news.

He did not want the work of being President. He wanted the trappings of office, the perks, but not the job. He never wanted the job.

[electric_blue68]

7. Blood up and beyond your elbows Drumph! 😠😠

Thank you, Dr Faucci. 😔