'Did he just say something honest?': Fauci tells MSNBC that children hospitalized *because of COVID* are being overcounted

Here’s Dr. Anthony Fauci making sense for a change and telling MSNBC’s audience what most of us have known all along — there’s a difference between being hospitalized because of COVID-19 and being hospitalized with COVID. The topic was the number of children being hospitalized increasing, but as Fauci clarified, children are tested for COVID as soon as they enter the hospital, even if it’s for a broken leg.

NEW – Dr. Fauci: "Important thing: Many of the children are hospitalized with Covid as opposed to because of Covid."https://t.co/g7NzfpKTsQ

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) December 30, 2021

That is important.

That DOES seem important, Dr. Fauci! https://t.co/krQCc5IiaD

— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) December 31, 2021

Narrative spun so fast I think I broke my neck

— Explosive Ideology (@Exp_Ideology) December 30, 2021

🤡🤡🤡🤡

— Degen Eggplant 🍆⚡ (@lowiqdegen) December 30, 2021

People have been saying this from literally the very beginning. Adult deaths attributed to Covid when in truth it was coincidental and not responsible for the death.

— Marianne (@HappyTRUMPer) December 30, 2021

Things we knew, but were considered conspiracy, long ago.

— Sinner Saved by Grace (@redeemed_St) December 30, 2021

This has been the case for 2 years now…yet nobody wants to make that distinction until now for some reason…..

— Travis Selvidge (@TravisSelvidge) December 30, 2021

True not only for children, but everyone. The number of incidental hospitalizations has gone way up with Omicron because they are directly correlated to high levels of community spread.

Meanwhile, kids were already at very low risk from Covid-19 and even less so w Omicron. https://t.co/upOZdxuQ7f

— AG (@AGHamilton29) December 31, 2021

Took a long time to finally admit this & seems there is an overall narrative shift as COVID surges in places like NY/DC (damage control?)

This has been the case since PCR testing was standardized for entry in hospitals. Incidental cases shouldve always been highlighted/separated

— Faizan ⌯ (@fjmkhan) December 31, 2021

Now do adults!! We’ve only been yelling this from the rooftop for the past two years! Nuremberg 2.0 🤡🌎

— VerbzBeats (@verbzbeats) December 30, 2021

Have I entered the Twilight Zone or is he finally saying the quiet thing aloud?

— Aqil Hurbans (@roll3r) December 31, 2021

Holy shit! We’ve been saying this about hospitalizations for TWO YEARS!!!

— Chris Simon (@EgoChris) December 31, 2021

Holy shit they're actually doing this https://t.co/2SvdZSg1yM

— 👶🏻jimtreacher.substack.com👴🏻 (@jtLOL) December 31, 2021

Why are they changing their tune on everything now? Just part of the script?

— Joe Wylin (@MookieB02198460) December 30, 2021

Last ditch attempt to save their midterms

— proud anti-china shill (@DiggyBi) December 30, 2021

Midterms are coming.

— Joey Calvo (@JoeyCalvo20) December 31, 2021

I’m sorry but this has been true for 2 years and it’s not just being mentioned by Fauci now because of Omicron. This isn’t changing the message in light of new science or circumstances, it’s changing the message because the most fearful are now a massive electoral drag. https://t.co/axNGxQkTwd

— Michael Brendan Dougherty (@michaelbd) December 31, 2021

This entire pandemic and the response by our government and others was always about politics and not health. Always. https://t.co/qT5kuY4nNr

— Anthony Abides (@AnthonyAbides) December 31, 2021

NOT NEW! In fact glaringly obvious to any fair minded observer since day 1 of the pandemic, and true for children and adults. Looks like @WHCOS has instructed Fauci to finally acknowledge the truth. Internal polling must be catastrophic with an election less than a year away. https://t.co/u8XXaMunPo

— Ramin Farzaneh-Far MD (@rfsquared) December 31, 2021

The jig is up

— Benjamin Franklin Pierce (@BFranklinPierce) December 30, 2021

The omicron just isn't nearly as deadly and they don't know what to do.

— OldGrizzlyBear (@OldGrizzlyBear1) December 30, 2021

I don’t want to dance the Irish jig just yet, but my god, the whole C19 seems to be going up in flames in a span of the last 7 days. Wow.

— Leon Artois 🦩 (@AugustLion19) December 31, 2021

Did he just say something honest?

— GrumpyCryptoCat🔺️🐂🆒️🦔💎 (@OscarCryptoCat) December 31, 2021

Hold up is someone holding this guy hostage? https://t.co/Z5kFSIWL4M

— Social Distance Champion (@realchrishynes) December 31, 2021

Holy cow. The whiplash is gonna hurt in the morning Tony. This is incredible to even listen to after the last two years. Just incredible. https://t.co/MKoRsVYS3W

— Dog guy (@Catsorange1) December 31, 2021

Fauci may be the most mendacious public figure in America right now. https://t.co/0iTE9cPdAN

— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) December 30, 2021

How strange. They seem to be backtracking on everything now. 🤔

— John Junktivitus (@Junktivitus) December 30, 2021

I remember when people got kicked off social media for saying this

— @Rachaelfla (@Rachaelfla) December 31, 2021

I’m old enough to remember when this was a blasphemous statement. 🤡 🌎

— Frankie “ragazzo parabolico” numero uno (@ciccionumerouno) December 31, 2021

Welcome to Team Reality, Dr. Fauci! https://t.co/pHv8yZB45w

— Christina Pushaw 🐊 (@ChristinaPushaw) December 31, 2021

This concept took him 2 years?

— Joseph Marazzo (he/then) (@josephmarazzo) December 30, 2021

This can't be real he just told the truth

— Peter Paradox (@PeterParadoxGG) December 30, 2021

Deep fake😄

— ToxDocAR (@ToxDocAR) December 31, 2021

They've been manipulating the figures from the start.

— justin rowland (@justin_kadafi) December 30, 2021

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— アブラハムミランダ (@Ministry070489) December 30, 2021

Fauci and the rest will now pretend like this is what they were saying all along.

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THIS IS THE END! MSNBC tries TERRIFYING the masses with Omicron segment but even the angry little COVID gnome Fauci disagrees https://t.co/JLSEEMDO8w

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 30, 2021