New Study on Texas Reopening Puts the Nail in the Coffin of Dr. Fauci's Credibility

PJ Media ^ | 05/24,2021 | Matt Margolis

[SeekAndFind]

Two and a half months ago, when Texas Governor Greg Abbott axed the state’s mask mandate and other COVID-related restrictions on businesses and people, Joe Biden called the move a “huge mistake” and “Neanderthal thinking.” Dr. Anthony Fauci, who advises Biden, called it “risky” and “potentially dangerous.” Both were proven wrong when weeks later Texas experienced no surge in cases. A dumbfounded Fauci refused to admit he was wrong and claimed that a spike in cases and deaths would show up as a lagging indicator.

But, no spike came. And last Sunday, Texas recorded zero COVID deaths for the first time since the pandemic.

While it’s clear that both Biden and Fauci have been proven wrong already, a new study has found, definitively, that there was no connection between the lifted mandates and people being infected by or dying from COVID-19.

The study, conducted by Bentley University economist Dhaval Dave, San Diego State University economist Joseph Sabia, and San Diego State University graduate research fellow Samuel Safford, used smartphone mobility data from SafeGraph and cases and deaths data compiled by The New York Times to analyze how the virus affected Texas before and after COVID restrictions were lifted on March 10.

“We find no evidence that the Texas reopening led to substantial changes in social mobility, including foot traffic at a wide set of business establishments in Texas,” the report says. “We find no evidence that the Texas reopening affected the rate of new COVID-19 cases during the five weeks following the reopening.” There was also no difference between urban and suburban areas, or Trump counties and Biden counties—which is particularly interesting considering Trump supporters have shown to be less inclined to adhere to mask mandates and other social distancing requirements.

[ConservativeInPA]

Come on. I didn’t say that.

[gspurlock]

Well, that and to facilitate massive voter fraud which was the real clincher.

[Texas resident]

The Texas Governor finally came around to some common sense. With thousands if illegals coming into our state, corona cases are unchanged.

So the feds were lying about cases earlier or lying about cases now.

[Hojczyk]

Texas will follow Colorado a red state turned blue by invading democrats in the 1990s

They took over the Denver Boulder area....

Just a matter of time...Look at Austin

[353FMG]

Why does Fau Xi still have a job when thousands of honest Americans lost theirs? Corrupt America.

[353FMG]

Being hung is OK, being hanged is not.

[upchuck]

Last paragraph:

... how many mulligans does Fauci get before we can all collectively recognize that he’s not good at his job and should be replaced?

This data goes a long way towards proving the lockdowns were largely unnecessary.

Fauxi is definitely past his prime. He's a hazard to the country. He needs to be replaced ASAP, either voluntarily or fired. But I'm not holding my breath.

[TBP]

Dr. Faucist doesn’t care. Neither does #CLuelessJoe.

#Faucist #ItsNotAboutTheVirus #ItsAboutPower #AnythingForPower #TheLeftHatesYou #TheyWantYouDead #TheyCallItCompassion

[WildHighlander57]

Thank you for posting this!

[clearcarbon]

" Joe Biden called the move a 'huge mistake' and 'Neanderthal thinking.'"

Troglodyte berates Neanderthal.

[Slyfox]

I like that play on his name.

[Slyfox]

Mismanaged on purpose because they had a whole different goal than what they were pretending.

The miss-named covid (which was really Influenza A) they used as a pretext to gin up the Fear Porn so that we would be gaslighted into gasping for the shots, which was their true intention.

The covid shot has NO covid in it.

I really hate it when someone lies to me to my face and then expects me to just lap it up like a sick dog.

[joesbucks]

Or someone is lying about the danger of the illegals being COVID infested and the danger of that.