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March 2020:

And, on AM 990 in Philadelphia, he talked with Townhall columnist and morning host Chris Stigall about the very real hope in the hydroxychloroquine drug that has been the buzz recently.

“If you’re a doctor listening to me right now and a patient with coronavirus feels like they want to try that,” Stigall asked, “and you’re their doctor, you’re not Anthony Fauci the guy running the coronavirus task force, would you say ‘alright, we’ll give it a whirl’?”
“Yeah, of course, particularly if people have no other option,” Fauci said. “These drugs are approved drugs for other reasons. They’re anti-malaria drugs, and they’re drugs against certain autoimmune diseases like lupus. Physicians throughout the country can prescribe that in an off-label way. Which means they can write it for something it was not approved for.”

“If you’re a doctor listening to me right now and a patient with coronavirus feels like they want to try that,” Stigall asked, “and you’re their doctor, you’re not Anthony Fauci the guy running the coronavirus task force, would you say ‘alright, we’ll give it a whirl’?” “Yeah, of course, particularly if people have no other option,” Fauci said. “These drugs are approved drugs for other reasons. They’re anti-malaria drugs, and they’re drugs against certain autoimmune diseases like lupus. Physicians throughout the country can prescribe that in an off-label way. Which means they can write it for something it was not approved for.”

I heard Fauci say the same thing.

But he only answers when asked. He should be a stronger advocate.

My impression of him is that he freely talks out both sides of his mouth. In one setting he will say one thing, and in another setting, something altogether different.

I don’t like the guy. From day one, something in my gut took an immediate dislike to Fauci, and I couldn’t put my finger on it. I get that gut feeling occasionally on some people, and I am not always right, but it has been there.

It could be his facial expressions. It could be his seemingly arrogant nature. But when I saw his love for Hillary Clinton, it has been cemented for me.

I think the guy is a worm. And that is the kindest thing I can say. This outspoken opposition to hydroxychloroquine and immediate and unstilting support for Remdesivir which is far more expensive and invasive to use makes me even more skeptical.

Like others, I have grown to view Trump’s association with him as the equivalent of putting a copperhead snake in your pocket. I guess with President Trump, this is something we have to accept. He seems to have a need for someone to do some job that everyone else has distrust of, and we simply hope he doesn’t get burned by it.

Trump being Trump, I guess.