After reading the headline of this post, you might be asking, “How many public servants has Michael Gerson known?” Because of all of them, Dr. Anthony Fauci is the greatest one ever. He strove to be non-political while being attacked by radicals like Sen. Rand Paul. He was a beacon not just throughout the COVID-19 pandemic but AIDS and Ebola as well. As Fauci made it clear, he is the science.
Opinion by Michael Gerson: Why Anthony Fauci is the greatest public servant I have known https://t.co/HIMejRc03t
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 10, 2022
Gerson writes:
… In more than 50 years at the NIH, Fauci has been accustomed to scientific debates in which disagreements emerge as the result of seeking different methods in the pursuit of the same goals. But [Rand] Paul and his co-ideologues have left the assumption of shared objectives in tatters. And this has constituted an attack on the very idea of public service — the notion that true experts can make a career in seeking the common good.
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Fauci is a symbol of sorts. He demonstrates what can happen when a nation at the height of its power employs the finest scientific minds of their generation to the pursuit of public health goals few believed were possible. The result has been a golden age of public health, motivated by an American belief in human dignity.
A golden age of public health? It’s nice, though, that Gerson refers to the Trump administration as “a nation at the height of its power.” Remember during a 2021 CNN Town Hall when President Joe Biden said of the vaccine, “We didn’t have it when we came into office”?
— Bachelor Uncle (@BachelorUncle) October 10, 2022
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— Anton (@naturesfinest88) October 10, 2022
Is this a joke?
— MatthewJshow (@MatthewJshow) October 10, 2022
You guys aren’t a cult or anything.
— Pizza w pineapple Czar🎃👻 (@PizzaWanchovies) October 10, 2022
Pharma lackey with decades of failure as a public health official elevated to hero.
— PoliticalVagabond (@VagabondPoli) October 10, 2022
— Escape The Hive (@escape_hive) October 10, 2022
He fucked up AIDS response massively and then bungled covid as well. His anti mask statement that started the outbreak was an absolutely monumental failure that completely undermined anything to come after. Dude’s reputation is based in longevity not quality.
— wit miller (@witmiller) October 10, 2022
From every possible objective measure he is one of the worst.
— Phil (@RealPhillyP) October 10, 2022
I was wondering when The Washington Post would run another fluff piece on Anthony Fauci. It had been a while. Is this one sponsored by Pfizer?
— Jack Cash (@jackcash2020) October 10, 2022
I mean, he literally funded the creation of the Wuhan virus, tortured beagles to death, and lied repeatedly both under oath and to the American public, but okay.
— Henry Bonner, Stochastic Abolitionist (@HenryJBonner) October 10, 2022
When republicans take control after midterms Fauci is going to be convicted and sent to prison
— Damian (@DamianNB) October 10, 2022
Naw, Republicans won’t do anything, even when they win.
Related:
Dr. Fauci reportedly did quite well for himself during the Covid shutdowns and layoffs he championed https://t.co/bicFsC8Aa5
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 30, 2022
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