Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. -- Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot)
Here's the bottom line on all of this: I honestly did not know it was even controversial to say that Fauci was intentionally misleading people about the need to wear masks early on. It's a pretty mainstream view. Whether or not he ACTUALLY intended to mislead anyone or not, the perception out there is generally that he did. Some think it was okay that he did it because he had good reason to. Others think he's evil and never to be trusted because he lied early on and will now never listen to a word he says. But either way, the general perception is that there was some sleight of hand on masks because he didn't want people to take up the supply of masks that were needed by healthcare professionals.
The only complaints I've ever had with Fauci/the CDC are their messaging to the public. There's absolutely a perception problem there whether some here want to belive it or not. Some are never going to trust him because of the way the mask issue unfolded. Sometimes they're clearly super conservative in a way that ensures they'll be ignored by a large segment of the population. Other times the guidance has not been particularly clear. 757690 had a good point earlier that the public really shouldn't be listening to the CDC as the general public is not the target audience. Based on how this pandemic is gone, I fully agree.
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. -- Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot)
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. -- Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot)
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. -- Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot)
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. -- Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot)
Assuming California didn't go crazy,we're going to get another good number today nationally. Certainly good enough to keep the 7 day average on the decline.
Not sure what this means, but I don’t watch any of those CNN evening programs, Copper, Cuomo or Lemon.
Anyway, judging from your posts, it does seem clear that you are conflating the CDC being wrong about masks early on, and them lying about masks. Lying requires intent and you claim you don’t know if there was any intent.
I think everyone agrees that the CDC got masks wearing wrong at first, but as soon as they realized they were wrong, they admitted it, and corrected themselves.
I do agree that they have been poor in regards to messaging, and that likely is the main motivation for people doubting them.
Hoping to change my username to 75769023
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I don't understand this reasoning. Why is it ok for Fauci to be wrong about wearing masks early on, but the average joe on a message board should know? He was wrong, right? He caused people too die. It is a fact, no matter the reasoning. People on here are too caught up between right and wrong. Fauci gets paid to do a job and he was part of the massive fail, Sea Ray as far as I know holds no such position.
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