Posted on 04/17/2021 9:46:03 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, admitted Friday that weighing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions against personal liberties is something he finds "very frustrating."
Fauci's admission came one day after Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) confronted the infectious disease doctor about when the Biden administration would recommend lifting pandemic-related restrictions so that "Americans get their freedom back."
What did Fauci say? While speaking with MSNBC host Joy Reid, Fauci suggested that personal freedoms should take a backseat to public health measures.
Reid asked Fauci, "Does it shock you, frustrate you, how do you feel when you are peppered with questions about, you know, restrictions and freedoms — and the dead, the 560,000 dead are not mentioned?"
Fauci told Reid that he finds it "very frustrating."
"Well, it's very frustrating, because, you know, as a public health official, I'm very much aware of this issue of COVID-19 fatigue, about people really being worn down and tired of the kinds of restrictions that we have when we do public health guidelines," Fauci said.
However, Fauci admitted that he, at least, empathizes with Jordan and also wants to return to normal life, but emphasized that he places a "higher priority" on public health measures.
Congressman Jordan mentioned the people of Ohio. I care very much for the people of Ohio. I don't want to see them get sick or die, because we have 560,000 Americans that have died so far. So, we're looking at it from different perspectives. I'm looking at it from a public health perspective, and he was talking about the infringement upon liberties. Right now, what we need to do is get this pandemic behind us. And we will do that, and it will not be an indefinite period of time.
The thing that we have so much in our favor is that we now have 80 million Americans fully vaccinated and 127 million have had at least one dose. Each day, we get 3 to 4 million people vaccinated, additionally, each day that goes by. So, what we need to do is just hang on there a bit longer until we get the majority, the overwhelming majority, of people vaccinated. And you will see the level of infection continue to come down. And when it does, then you'll see a relaxation of the kind of restrictions that people would like to get rid of because they want to get their lives back. I certainly want to get my life back. But I also put, as a higher priority, the health and the safety and the lives of the American public. Anything else? When Jordan grilled Fauci for specific metrics regarding what must happen before Americans receive their freedoms back, Fauci refused to provide details.
"You know, you're indicating liberty and freedom ... but I look at it as a public health measure to keep people from dying and going to the hospital," Fauci told Jordan.
Actually that’s pretty weak. Fauci was a known ancient bureaucratic fixture with a dubious past. The first time he contradicted the President in front of the press, he should have been shown the door.
But it’s all ancient history now. Just an academic discussion.
You can dismiss it as ancient and academic but you brought it up.
Hardly a weak case. The MSM immediately started fawning over him building him into the undisputed expert. No doubt with guidance from the DNC side of the Hill.
There were plenty of RINOs hoping for something with a little meat on it from the House to give them cover to convict. Pelozi failed but only by a whisker.
The truth isn’t always fun.
No, but it is obvious.
Quick, chop his nuts off before he can breed!
I am not wearing a muzzle anymore either. Sadly, most people need a symbolic event to act and a single day of defiance on May1 will help.
I was just gonna say that. After a year or more he still can’t give a specific answer to what is a “too high” level of cases, etc.
Scalise nailed Fauxi good today also on why was the government ignoring CDC requirements on illegals not being tested while traveling Americans can’t re-enter the country with testing.
It does seem like it was a weakness of his, but then again, given what he had to work with.....
It now appears that there was virtually no one who wasn’t corrupted and/or owned who he could trust. The rot went deeper and was far more pervasive that anyone could have imagined.
You can't drain something you don't know anything about. Like it or not he's done. You won't even recognize or “have” a country you want to live in in three years.
Frustrating....but I could care less
He’s right. Reality is often quite frustrating. It’s just amazing that it took him eighty years to figure that out. Talk about living in fantasy land.
fauci and all democrats are totalitarian to their core.
If a second Easter, a second Independence Day, a second Thanksgiving and a second Christmas can be squelched through fearmongering (if not outright government oppression) it may not be much longer before people will not only not wish to return to pre-Plannedemic celebrations, but will actually begin to lose the memory of what such celebrations were like.
A virus is gonna virus. We will have positive tests for years..
Approve an outpatient treatment protocol!
Jim Jordan represents the sentiment of his constituents. We’re frustrated that they keep moving the goal post
Turning his entire presidency blindly over to Fauci and Birx was his indeed his fatal mistake. “Two weeks to flatten the curve”, was really “two government hacks to flatten Trump”.
I always wondered what my daily life would be like under the thumb of Greenies.
Throttled with restrictions and regulations to contain CO2 in order to save Gaia
Well, under Fauxi, we have our answers.
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