Some factual information about Dr. Fauci

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Amid all the nonsensical claptrap presented about Covid and Dr. Fauci, it's always good to catch a breath of fresh air, because as they say,"The truth is a good fallback position".
Rather than links and quotes from media opinion pieces, Wikipedia's entry for Dr. Fauci brings level headed prose to the conversation, rather than the emotionally charged rhetoric posted on discussion boards.

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Anthony Stephen Fauci (/ˈfaʊtʃi/; born December 24, 1940) is an American physician-scientist and immunologist who serves as the director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the chief medical advisor to the president.

As a physician with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Fauci has served the American public health sector in various capacities for more than 50 years, and has acted as an advisor to every U.S. president since Ronald Reagan.[1] He became director of the NIAID in 1984 and has made contributions to HIV/AIDS research and other immunodeficiency diseases, both as a research scientist and as the head of the NIAID.[2] From 1983 to 2002, Fauci was one of the world's most frequently-cited scientists across all scientific journals.[2] In 2008, President George W. Bush awarded Fauci the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, for his work on the AIDS relief program PEPFAR.[3]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Fauci was one of the lead members of President Donald Trump’s White House Coronavirus Task Force. In the early stages of the pandemic, The New Yorker and The New York Times described Fauci as one of the most trusted medical figures in the United States.[4][5][1][6] Currently Fauci is the Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden, officially appointed in 2021.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fauci
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Vandalism of Wikipedia articles is a constant challenge, with only volunteer editors available to curb such activity. Certain people and groups don't like fact checking, probably because the truth has been told, which proved unfavorable to their particular cause.
 

Nathan said:
Amid all the nonsensical claptrap presented about Covid and Dr. Fauci, it's always good to catch a breath of fresh air, because as they say,"The truth is a good fallback position".
Rather than links and quotes from media opinion pieces, Wikipedia's entry for Dr. Fauci brings level headed prose to the conversation, rather than the emotionally charged rhetoric posted on discussion boards.

Shamelessly copied n' pasted from the beginning of Wikipedia's article:
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Thanks for posting that Nathan, I've always respected Dr. Fauci and am glad he's able to speak freely again about COVID-19 and anything else of importance.
 
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Fauci's page is "Semi-Protected," meaning it can only be edited by established, registered users.
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Thanks, I didn't know about those protections....very good!
 
Fauci To Go? Word on some streets is that Fauci will probably be gone in 90 days or less. Personally, I'd give it about a 45% chance of happening. Others think it is more certain simply because, as of this moment, all covid roads and related issues (e.g., the economy) lead back to him. His wanting to jump in front of the cameras and flip-flopping hasn't helped. Being the highest paid employee in the whole federal government while being at the forefront of what's increasingly being thought of as debacle may also be a factor. Anyway, for right or wrong, you heard it here.

Edit Note: According to Rasmussen Reports; “Nearly two-thirds of voters (65%) believe political considerations have influenced Fauci’s decisions and public statements about the COVID-19 pandemic, including 40% who think political considerations have had a lot of influence on him. Only 11% believe Fauci’s decisions and statements about the pandemic haven’t been influenced at all by political considerations.”
 
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Dr. Fauci has worked with seven presidents, beginning with Ronald Reagan. He is highly respected by not only epidemiologists and virologists in the US, but also globally.

It doesn't impress me what people who know very little about science, medicine, or technology think of someone who has worked tirelessly to save millions of lives. It is a fact, for example, that Wiki is correct that the American Rheumatism Association ranked Fauci's work on the treatment of polyarteritis nodosa and granulomatosis with polyangiitis as one of the most important advances in patient management in rheumatology over the previous 20 years.

It is a fact that he is one of the most cited immunologists. My sister did her PhD on tubercular epidemiology and has the highest respect for him.

It is a fact that Larry Kramer, AIDS activist, spent years denouncing Fauci - if you don't remember the things he said, I certainly do! - until finally recognizing Fauci's contributions and calling him a hero, apologizing for his earlier remarks.

Fauci is 81 yrs old and has spent decades in the public eye. He has been threatened with physical violence and publicly slighted by people with their own political axes to grind. He has more than earned a peaceful retirement, IMHO; but I for one am grateful he has remained as head of NAIAD since 1984.

The day he retires is going to be a sad day for science, and those who understand that science is an ongoing process of acquiring knowledge, not an artificial list of absolutes.
 
Lethe200 said:
Dr. Fauci has worked with seven presidents, beginning with Ronald Reagan. He is highly respected by not only epidemiologists and virologists in the US, but also globally.

It doesn't impress me what people who know very little about science, medicine, or technology think of someone who has worked tirelessly to save millions of lives. It is a fact, for example, that Wiki is correct that the American Rheumatism Association ranked Fauci's work on the treatment of polyarteritis nodosa and granulomatosis with polyangiitis as one of the most important advances in patient management in rheumatology over the previous 20 years.

It is a fact that he is one of the most cited immunologists. My sister did her PhD on tubercular epidemiology and has the highest respect for him.

It is a fact that Larry Kramer, AIDS activist, spent years denouncing Fauci - if you don't remember the things he said, I certainly do! - until finally recognizing Fauci's contributions and calling him a hero, apologizing for his earlier remarks.

Fauci is 81 yrs old and has spent decades in the public eye. He has been threatened with physical violence and publicly slighted by people with their own political axes to grind. He has more than earned a peaceful retirement, IMHO; but I for one am grateful he has remained as head of NAIAD since 1984.

The day he retires is going to be a sad day for science, and those who understand that science is an ongoing process of acquiring knowledge, not an artificial list of absolutes.
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How'd he do with the billions he spent on an AIDS vaccine?
 
Dr. Fauci has worked with seven presidents, beginning with Ronald Reagan. He is highly respected by not only epidemiologists and virologists in the US, but also globally.

It doesn't impress me what people who know very little about science, medicine, or technology think of someone who has worked tirelessly to save millions of lives.
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Agreed. Unfortunately there will always be those who seek to malign intelligent and effective public figures in order to support their own questionable agenda.
 
Nathan said:
Agreed. Unfortunately there will always be those who seek to malign intelligent and effective public figures in order to support their own questionable agenda.
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His handling of AIDS/HIV and vaccine was a billion dollar debacle. His flip-flop handling of covid-19 was a debacle. His connections with the Wuhan lab are suspect if not ignominious. What's not to like? Oh, and some of us are versed in math, science and technology.
 
Sunny said:
Ditto, Terry. I will take the word of a professional, highly intelligent scientist who has been working around the clock for over a year to understand and conquer this horrible killer of a disease, over the word of an ignorant politician and his cohorts. Enough said.
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Me too, because everyone knows it's all about science. 🙄

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JonDouglas said:
His handling of AIDS/HIV and vaccine was a billion dollar debacle. His flip-flop handling of covid-19 was a debacle. His connections with the Wuhan lab are suspect if not ignominious. What's not to like? Oh, and some of us are versed in math, science and technology.
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Merely your words, your opinion.

JonDouglas said:
Oh, and some of us are versed in math, science and technology.
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If you're referring to yourself("some of us") that's something that's not readily apparent, judging by your continued attempts to spread FUD.
 
Nathan said:
Merely your words, your opinion.


If you're referring to yourself("some of us") that's something that's not readily apparent, judging by your continued attempts to spread FUD.
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Us is plural, not singular, but think what you like. As for me, I dislike overly-paid, attention hungry, flip-flopping bureaucrats with a trail of failures. Fauci is just one of them who's rapidly becoming the villain du jour. It will be interesting to see if the current administration dumps him now that he brings in bad press.

PS: Pointing out multiple sides to an issues is not spread FUD. It's spreading information for others, NOT YOU, to judge. Also, I reserve the right to make and express personal judgements, without regards to whether you get your panties in a bunch or not.
 
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From Yahoo News: Researcher Tied to Wuhan Lab Thanked Fauci for Dismissing Lab-Leak Theory.

Peter Daszak, a zoologist whose non-profit steered U.S. funding to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, thanked Dr. Anthony Fauci for pushing back on the theory that the coronavirus leaked from a lab, in an April 2020 email published as part of a FOIA request by Buzzfeed.​
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Daszak’s organization, the EcoHealth Alliance, funneled $3.4 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health to the WIV to study bat coronaviruses between 2014 and 2019. While politicians and scientists in the U.S. have suggested that the novel coronavirus initially leaked from the WIV before spreading across the globe, Daszak has vehemently denied the allegation.​
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“I just wanted to say a personal thank you on behalf of our staff and collaborators, for publicly standing up and stating that the scientific evidence supports a natural origin for COVID-19 from a bat-to-human spillover, not a lab release from the Wuhan Institute of Virology,” Daszak wrote to Fauci on April 18, 2020.​
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More at source. You might find Fauci's email interesting, especially the one where he doesn't have time to read the concern of a physicist (with ties to Chiina) warning Fauci of fake Covid data. Below are the words of Dr. Erik Nilsen, a published PhD physicist and CEO of neuroscience research company.​
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I’m confident that China stop counting dead COVID-19 infected bodies since —January 7 2020. They’ve been adding fabricated data daily to show (to save face) the world and their own people an impressive flattening of China outbreak curve. It’s easy to prove this via data analysis because, for example, improbable coincidences occurred in much of the data. My suspicions were eventually confirmed by at least two of my sources in China [REDACTED]. The data posted by China is not only garbage, it has misled the world into a false sense of security wrt death rate, age vs death, and other things; that is, if people analyzed the world’s data including China, the results are heavily biased towards nonsense, because China’s number of cases accounted for the majority of cases worldwide (until a day or so ago).​
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Fauci responded that it was "too long for me to read". That this kind of stuff is out there is more proof that the guns are out for the "good" Dr. Fauci. Fauci didn't think through the media attention he seemed to crave and certainly not the flip-flopping he did on just about every major covid issue.​
 
Lethe200 said:
Dr. Fauci has worked with seven presidents, beginning with Ronald Reagan. He is highly respected by not only epidemiologists and virologists in the US, but also globally.

It doesn't impress me what people who know very little about science, medicine, or technology think of someone who has worked tirelessly to save millions of lives. It is a fact, for example, that Wiki is correct that the American Rheumatism Association ranked Fauci's work on the treatment of polyarteritis nodosa and granulomatosis with polyangiitis as one of the most important advances in patient management in rheumatology over the previous 20 years.

It is a fact that he is one of the most cited immunologists. My sister did her PhD on tubercular epidemiology and has the highest respect for him.

It is a fact that Larry Kramer, AIDS activist, spent years denouncing Fauci - if you don't remember the things he said, I certainly do! - until finally recognizing Fauci's contributions and calling him a hero, apologizing for his earlier remarks.

Fauci is 81 yrs old and has spent decades in the public eye. He has been threatened with physical violence and publicly slighted by people with their own political axes to grind. He has more than earned a peaceful retirement, IMHO; but I for one am grateful he has remained as head of NAIAD since 1984.

The day he retires is going to be a sad day for science, and those who understand that science is an ongoing process of acquiring knowledge, not an artificial list of absolutes.
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Excellent reply, Lethe. Especially your last sentence. I don't know how many times I've seen mocking comments on this forum about the fact that Dr. Fauci has changed his mind about something, maybe some new facts have come to light, some theories have had to be amended, etc. There is a mindset among some that THE TRUTH is carved in stone, and every time the scientific community announces a new finding, this proves that they were wrong. This dark age mentality is their own business, except when their stubbornness is affecting the health of everyone else. I've even seen him once referred to as "the idiot Fauci," which kind of speaks for itself.

A question for JonDouglas: Have you gotten the vaccine yourself? In spite of Dr. Fauci being associated with it?
 
JonDouglas said:
Us is plural, not singular, but think what you like. As for me, I dislike overly-paid, attention hungry, flip-flopping bureaucrats with a trail of failures. Fauci is just one of them who's rapidly becoming the villain du jour. It will be interesting to see if the current administration dumps him now that he brings in bad press.

PS: Pointing out multiple sides to an issues is not spread FUD. It's spreading information for others, NOT YOU, to judge. Also, I reserve the right to make and express personal judgements, without regards to whether you get your panties in a bunch or not.
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The 'bad press' you refer to is the same bad press that attacks to current administration, and despite the best efforts of the FUDsters and spin peddlers the truth will prevail. The previous administration villianized Dr. Fauci in virtually every daily tweet, but chose not to dump him, as they needed at least one competent person in that administration.

JonDouglas said:
Also, I reserve the right to make and express personal judgements
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That goes without saying, sure wouldn't want to miss a second of your attempts to push your personal beliefs on others.
you get your panties in a bunch or not.
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Well there's you favorite saying again, so glad you got to utter that, although in some way I can't help but suspect if there's a more dark, perverse mindset behind that.
 
helenbacque said:
In my opinion, Dr. Fauci - as most of us - does the best he can with what is available AT THE TIME.
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He screwed up by not advocating for the wearing of facemasks in the beginning under the guise of not wanting to cause shortages in hospitals. That's just nonsensical. It caused more people to get the virus. I don't know if he truly believed that or what, but it was wrong for him to do that.
 
Nathan said:
The 'bad press' you refer to is the same bad press that attacks to current administration, and despite the best efforts of the FUDsters and spin peddlers the truth will prevail. The previous administration villianized Dr. Fauci in virtually every daily tweet, but chose not to dump him, as they needed at least one competent person in that administration.



That goes without saying, sure wouldn't want to miss a second of your attempts to push your personal beliefs on others.


Well there's you favorite saying again, so glad you got to utter that, although in some way I can't help but suspect if there's a more dark, perverse mindset behind that.
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There nothing like one of my posts to get you going, is there, Nathan? Well here's another tidbit about your hero. Fauci's upcoming book has been scrubbed by both Amazon and Barnes & Noble. What do they know that you don't? Smells like major backlash - smoke, fire and all that. History is not going to be kind to this man.
 

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