I mentioned yesterday in several tweets that Dr. Fauci was too polite to quote Isaac Asimov to the optimistically ignorant Rand Paul:
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured…
I mentioned yesterday in several tweets that Dr. Fauci was too polite to quote Isaac Asimov to the optimistically ignorant Rand Paul:
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
This, BTW is the root of our problem; the reason we have this unqualified, inept TV reality show host posing as POTUS and still adored by his ignorant cult base.
Dr. Fauci is FAILING. I am done with him. I even wrote him a letter. You can't keep standing up there and saying, "I'm concerned." We need ACTION. We need clear, concise, consistent messaging. Recently UK's Royal Society put out a statement suggesting the message should be: "YOUR MASK PROTECTS ME, MY MASK PROTECTS YOU." This, plus hammering home the studies which show that we can CRUSH the virus if everyone complied. Then, we'd be back to opening up more quickly.
Instead, we have Fauci and the media shouting how bad the numbers are. This means NOTHING to people who think it's no worse than the flu and that they have a right to inflict others with a deadly virus. We also need more coverage of how ravaging this virus can be to the body, underlying conditions or not, from former patients and medical professional--and morticians.
I agree. As much as I respect Fauci, I do think that need to focus more on what you said how this virus effects the body, etc. I was talking to a friend last night who thinks that the numbers are inflated and that this is overhyped (UGH!). She does wear a mask, so that's a plus. The problem is, our nation is so selfish that people don't think about others and see all of this as an inconvenience to themselves. That only changes when it directly impacts them or a member of their family. We are living through such frustrating times.
Well, I can agree with this somewhat, although my only real response to this would be “don’t shoot the messenger”. That we have Dr. Fauci AT ALL is, to me, miraculous, given that this administrations’ knee-jerk reaction to anything or anyone critical (not to mention intelligent) is to show them the door.
True, I also have felt this frustration from the start.
Yet, I shudder to think what we would have today if he had been fired last spring for facepalming. He is, indeed, only quoting facts and numbers, and not very strong on demanding action. But as we should be fully convinced by now, there is no short supply of sycophants lined up, waiting and willing to quote falsifications and practice amateur misdirection on the president's behalf, and one of these would be testifying to congress right now.
I don't think he's protecting his job - he has the look of a man ready to retire (I know because I see it each morning in my mirror). Rather, I think he interacts with that supply of sycophants each day, and it horrifies him into staying the course.
I do not respect Fauci, because it is clear to me that he values retaining his job over doing what's right. The same is true to an even greater extreme for Dr. Deborah Birx, who utterly sold her soul the day she did and said absolutely nothing when Comrade 45 suggested we all inject bleach into our veins and open our bodies up to great blasts of UV light as a way to eliminate a covid-19 infection.
Hear, hear. Well put Rob. The willful ignorance is just beyond the pale.... and when coupled with true deviance, makes for a horrid mixture of blind faith and phony “patriotism”.
I mentioned yesterday in several tweets that Dr. Fauci was too polite to quote Isaac Asimov to the optimistically ignorant Rand Paul:
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
This, BTW is the root of our problem; the reason we have this unqualified, inept TV reality show host posing as POTUS and still adored by his ignorant cult base.
Dr. Fauci is FAILING. I am done with him. I even wrote him a letter. You can't keep standing up there and saying, "I'm concerned." We need ACTION. We need clear, concise, consistent messaging. Recently UK's Royal Society put out a statement suggesting the message should be: "YOUR MASK PROTECTS ME, MY MASK PROTECTS YOU." This, plus hammering home the studies which show that we can CRUSH the virus if everyone complied. Then, we'd be back to opening up more quickly.
Instead, we have Fauci and the media shouting how bad the numbers are. This means NOTHING to people who think it's no worse than the flu and that they have a right to inflict others with a deadly virus. We also need more coverage of how ravaging this virus can be to the body, underlying conditions or not, from former patients and medical professional--and morticians.
I agree. As much as I respect Fauci, I do think that need to focus more on what you said how this virus effects the body, etc. I was talking to a friend last night who thinks that the numbers are inflated and that this is overhyped (UGH!). She does wear a mask, so that's a plus. The problem is, our nation is so selfish that people don't think about others and see all of this as an inconvenience to themselves. That only changes when it directly impacts them or a member of their family. We are living through such frustrating times.
Well, I can agree with this somewhat, although my only real response to this would be “don’t shoot the messenger”. That we have Dr. Fauci AT ALL is, to me, miraculous, given that this administrations’ knee-jerk reaction to anything or anyone critical (not to mention intelligent) is to show them the door.
True, I also have felt this frustration from the start.
Yet, I shudder to think what we would have today if he had been fired last spring for facepalming. He is, indeed, only quoting facts and numbers, and not very strong on demanding action. But as we should be fully convinced by now, there is no short supply of sycophants lined up, waiting and willing to quote falsifications and practice amateur misdirection on the president's behalf, and one of these would be testifying to congress right now.
I don't think he's protecting his job - he has the look of a man ready to retire (I know because I see it each morning in my mirror). Rather, I think he interacts with that supply of sycophants each day, and it horrifies him into staying the course.
I do not respect Fauci, because it is clear to me that he values retaining his job over doing what's right. The same is true to an even greater extreme for Dr. Deborah Birx, who utterly sold her soul the day she did and said absolutely nothing when Comrade 45 suggested we all inject bleach into our veins and open our bodies up to great blasts of UV light as a way to eliminate a covid-19 infection.
Hear, hear. Well put Rob. The willful ignorance is just beyond the pale.... and when coupled with true deviance, makes for a horrid mixture of blind faith and phony “patriotism”.
We have to take in to account that the willful ignorance is partly because of "The dumbing down of America."
Oh, without a doubt! While it goes waaaay back, let’s just say “Betsy DeVos”. Nuff’ said....
Yes.