Posted on 04/12/2021 4:00:04 PM PDT by conservative98
White House adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci told MSNBC on Sunday it's "still not" acceptable for Americans to eat indoors, even after they've received the COVID-19 vaccine.
His comments come after he and other government experts have seemingly moved the pandemic goal posts for some time now.
"Drinking indoors, restaurants, and bars. Is that OK now?" host Mehdi Hasan asked the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director.
"No, it's still not," Fauci said. "For the simple reason that level of infection, the dynamics of infection in the community are still really disturbingly high."
Fauci said there were 80,000 new infections recorded on Sunday, whereas the number had been hovering around 60,000 to 75,000 in recent days.
"If you are vaccinated, please remember that you still have to be careful and not get involved in crowded situations, particularly indoors where people are not wearing masks," he said.
Some viewers and social media users took Fauci’s advice and said they plan to avoid indoor dining, but exasperated critics are fuming that Fauci is prolonging shutdown measures. Some fear he may be discouraging people from getting their shots because it doesn’t sound like life will return to normal if they do.
"Get off the airwaves," former NFL quarterback Matt Leinart tweeted.
Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows linked to the clip and said Democrats had "zero intention of giving back their newfound control, even if you're vaccinated."
"He's doing harm at this point," Fox News contributor Guy Benson tweeted about a similar interview Fauci recently gave.
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Fauci is at it again. "It’s still not ok for vaccinated Americans to eat and drink indoors." pic.twitter.com/yWHTnRN18f— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 12, 2021
Sooner or later even the most frightened, the most ignorant members of the population will learn that it’s better — and significantly healthier — to just ignore everything this charlatan says, thinks, commands or does. Fazi is indeed a real mess ... even by unelected bureaucrat standards.
That pose just plain invites the Nickelodeon slime dump.
That pic of Fraudi tells you everything you need to know about his level of arrogance. That finger-touching thing ... I’ve never seen anyone do it except nasty people with superiority complexes.
I prefer to eat outdoors.
What is the point of the vaccine if one still wears a mask and needs to cower?
Stuck on Stupid with a hefty smidgen of God and Napoleon complex.
No they won’t. This is religious at this point.
Why would any sane person still listen to this little fool ?
It was 43 degrees, gray, and windy where I live today.
The main point is f*** Fauci.
Someone please Dwarf toss that little short little Prick out on his ass.
Oh no vaccine bros! We got too cocky!
Masks and masking, as are many such talismans used to protect against an evil spirit like covid, is most definitely a secular religion for the irrationally fearful and irretrieveably ignorant ... not too sure about the other practices such as antisocial distancing, quarantining and other forms of self-deprecation which are also possible tenets of the Left’s newest religion.
This guy is a total a-hole. Meanwhile people will eat in f-ing TENTS that are actually worse! It also shows the shots are all for nothing and the lockdowns are for something:control.
Strong people seek out and embrace freedom. Weak people are afraid of freedom.
Surrender your passport to the judge.
If you are fully vaccinated you can call someone else on the phone and talk with them with a greatly reduced possibility of catching COVID over the phone from the other person. Ham radio contact is also OK, but no Zoom calls. You may catch the bug if the person on the other end is not fully vaccinated.
Tell Joey to stop the border crossers if you are so concerned. Until then, mind your own business, Gollum.
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