Thank you for writing about this! One of the only Substack's that seems to have taken it up. I saw a small article in the Telegraph, but apart from that.....zip.
I also like your angle too, that Fauci's silence isn't justified.
It's not fair or reasonable that a man who had so much to say, so much influence, so much control, such strong opinions, such power during covid be silent now.
He didn't hesitate to maximise his time in the limelight. He wanted to be the centre of attention, in control and to be the ultimate authority on lockdowns, restrictions and the general response to covid.
Why so silent now? Nothing to say? No regrets? No apologies? No opinions?
Our real error was gifting such power to these unelected totalitarians in the first place. The public were meek and in some ways we got what we deserved. Weak, frightened people with weak, unaccountable leaders. Sacrificing our children for the 'good' of the elderly.
Though in reality massive harms were done to the elderly, the young and the vulnerable through lockdowns. In reality, almost all of society regressed.
Fauci owes the public honest answers. But then so do Whitty and Valance, Neil Ferguson with his dodgy models, Matt Hancock, the BBC and everybody else who pushed the narrative rather than standing up for the truth.
Not much has changed since then, but the lies are different!
" Our ( the Nation's ) real error was gifting such power to unelected totalitarians in the first place. The public were meek and in some ways we got what we deserved. (We were) weak, frightened people with weak unaccountable leaders"
Very well put. However, do you think "lessons have been learned" for the next time?
Or lessons learned by a centralised, totalitarian government who enjoyed the attention and control?
Yes, I think both sides have learned lessons.
People's faith in government, institutions, the establishment, medical science and the media is much diminished. Trust has been eroded and quite rightly so.
Government's belief in itself, its power, its importance has grown over that time. They continue to feed themselves a narrative that they acted correctly and are doing the right things now. What they don't understand is why the people 'just don't understand'.
It's why Keir Starmer and his government thought the main issue was just a communication problem. His solution was therefore to 'do more' and 'faster'.
Never did it seem to cross his mind that he might have been doing the wrong things altogether.
I believe two main useful lessons that can be learned for next time are....
The brave example of Sweden, where Anders Tegnell was a genuine hero, remaining pragmatic while facing domestic and international pressure to lockdown like everybody else.
The got no choice examples of the rest of the world where people were too poor to lockdown - Africa and LATAM spring to mind. No catastrophes played out there. Beyond theatrical mask wearing to appease the West I doubt the local populations really noticed. It goes to show how a young, fit, healthy population spending lots of time outdoors could continue to live life relatively normally. Would their excess deaths 2020-2022 be much more than a blip above normal?
On almost every measure our nation's response to covid was a grotesque failure.
Great article this and I understand the focus on the asymmetry between the restrictions we were compelled to follow and the seemingly untouchable nature of those setting those restrictions. However, I feel the most important question Fauci has to answer surrounds his role in funding gain of function experiments in the Wuhan lab that is thought to have leaked an engineered coronavirus into the world.
Thank you for writing about this! One of the only Substack's that seems to have taken it up. I saw a small article in the Telegraph, but apart from that.....zip.
I also like your angle too, that Fauci's silence isn't justified.
It's not fair or reasonable that a man who had so much to say, so much influence, so much control, such strong opinions, such power during covid be silent now.
He didn't hesitate to maximise his time in the limelight. He wanted to be the centre of attention, in control and to be the ultimate authority on lockdowns, restrictions and the general response to covid.
Why so silent now? Nothing to say? No regrets? No apologies? No opinions?
Our real error was gifting such power to these unelected totalitarians in the first place. The public were meek and in some ways we got what we deserved. Weak, frightened people with weak, unaccountable leaders. Sacrificing our children for the 'good' of the elderly.
Though in reality massive harms were done to the elderly, the young and the vulnerable through lockdowns. In reality, almost all of society regressed.
Fauci owes the public honest answers. But then so do Whitty and Valance, Neil Ferguson with his dodgy models, Matt Hancock, the BBC and everybody else who pushed the narrative rather than standing up for the truth.
Not much has changed since then, but the lies are different!
" Our ( the Nation's ) real error was gifting such power to unelected totalitarians in the first place. The public were meek and in some ways we got what we deserved. (We were) weak, frightened people with weak unaccountable leaders"
Very well put. However, do you think "lessons have been learned" for the next time?
Lessons learned by the weak, meek public?
Or lessons learned by a centralised, totalitarian government who enjoyed the attention and control?
Yes, I think both sides have learned lessons.
People's faith in government, institutions, the establishment, medical science and the media is much diminished. Trust has been eroded and quite rightly so.
Government's belief in itself, its power, its importance has grown over that time. They continue to feed themselves a narrative that they acted correctly and are doing the right things now. What they don't understand is why the people 'just don't understand'.
It's why Keir Starmer and his government thought the main issue was just a communication problem. His solution was therefore to 'do more' and 'faster'.
Never did it seem to cross his mind that he might have been doing the wrong things altogether.
I believe two main useful lessons that can be learned for next time are....
The brave example of Sweden, where Anders Tegnell was a genuine hero, remaining pragmatic while facing domestic and international pressure to lockdown like everybody else.
The got no choice examples of the rest of the world where people were too poor to lockdown - Africa and LATAM spring to mind. No catastrophes played out there. Beyond theatrical mask wearing to appease the West I doubt the local populations really noticed. It goes to show how a young, fit, healthy population spending lots of time outdoors could continue to live life relatively normally. Would their excess deaths 2020-2022 be much more than a blip above normal?
On almost every measure our nation's response to covid was a grotesque failure.
Great article this and I understand the focus on the asymmetry between the restrictions we were compelled to follow and the seemingly untouchable nature of those setting those restrictions. However, I feel the most important question Fauci has to answer surrounds his role in funding gain of function experiments in the Wuhan lab that is thought to have leaked an engineered coronavirus into the world.