We were told to trust Fauci's bureaucrat, who ruled our lives but got everything wrong

[John Smyth]

'We were told to trust Fauci's bureaucrat, who ruled our lives but got
everything wrong'

<https://gatewayhispanic.com/video/we-were-told-to-trust-faucis-bureaucrat-who-ruled-our-lives-but-got-everything-wrong/>

'For the past few years, we've been bombarded with messages from the
government and its health experts, but none stood out more than Dr.
Anthony Fauci. We were told to blindly trust this bureaucrat, the
"smartest" of all, who was making decisions to protect our lives amid a
global pandemic. However, now that the facts have come to light, it's
impossible to ignore what really happened. The irony is undeniable:
everything they told us turned out to be false.

One of the main points of friction with Fauci's statements was the
virus's origin. For a long time, we were told that COVID-19 did not come
from a laboratory, that it was completely natural. Now, multiple
agencies have confirmed what many suspected from the beginning: the
virus could have escaped from a lab in Wuhan. Dr. Fauci, along with
other health bureaucrats, insisted that this issue could not be
questioned, but today we know the truth was different. This is just one
of the many false claims made during the crisis.

Fauci also told us that vaccinated people would not contract or transmit
the virus. Again, he was wrong. As the pandemic progressed, thousands of
fully vaccinated people contracted COVID-19, and many transmitted it to
others. The promise that vaccines would be a definitive solution to the
pandemic crumbled as reality hit us with new outbreaks and variants.
Yet, despite the data showing otherwise, the official narrative did not
change, and Fauci continued to defend his position.

ADVERTISEMENT
Another controversial point was the use of masks and social distancing
restrictions. We were told that masks were essential to prevent the
spread of the virus and that the six-foot distance was based on science.
However, over time, doubts arose about the effectiveness of masks and
the real scientific basis behind the distancing measures. Many experts
began to question whether these policies were really necessary or if
they were being implemented more for political reasons than public
health.

The final blow, however, was the denial of natural immunity. Fauci and
other experts told us we could not trust immunity acquired through
natural infection. This claim contradicted scientific studies showing
that natural immunity could be even more durable than vaccine-induced
immunity in some cases. Despite this, Dr. Fauci and other public
officials continued to defend their policies without considering this
evidence.

The most troubling part was the imposition of a bureaucratic system that
tried to control not only our lives but also what we were allowed to
say. During the pandemic, there was a real attempt to create a
Disinformation Governance Board, a group of federal bureaucrats that
would decide what was "correct" information and what wasn't. This
proposal, which could have censored any opinion or data contrary to the
official narrative, reminded us that bureaucracy often acts as if it is
above the constitution and individual rights.

This attempt to control discourse and information only underscores the
importance of trusting the democratic system. After all, the executive
power was created by the Constitution to be vested in a president
elected by the people, not in unelected bureaucrats who think they are
smarter than ordinary citizens. It was the will of 77 million Americans
that elected the president, not a bureaucracy that answers to no one.
The people, through their vote, have the final say, not unelected
officials who try to impose their worldview.


It's time to remember that democracy lies in the hands of the people and
that bureaucrats, although often well-intentioned, should not have
absolute control over our lives. We must question the decisions imposed
on us and always keep in mind the fundamental principles of our nation:
freedom, democracy, and justice.

[pothead]

Post by John Smyth
'We were told to trust Fauci's bureaucrat, who ruled our lives but got
everything wrong'
<https://gatewayhispanic.com/video/we-were-told-to-trust-faucis-bureaucrat-who-ruled-our-lives-but-got-everything-wrong/>
'For the past few years, we've been bombarded with messages from the
government and its health experts, but none stood out more than Dr.
Anthony Fauci. We were told to blindly trust this bureaucrat, the
"smartest" of all, who was making decisions to protect our lives amid a
global pandemic. However, now that the facts have come to light, it's
everything they told us turned out to be false.
One of the main points of friction with Fauci's statements was the
virus's origin. For a long time, we were told that COVID-19 did not come
from a laboratory, that it was completely natural. Now, multiple
agencies have confirmed what many suspected from the beginning: the
virus could have escaped from a lab in Wuhan. Dr. Fauci, along with
other health bureaucrats, insisted that this issue could not be
questioned, but today we know the truth was different. This is just one
of the many false claims made during the crisis.
Fauci also told us that vaccinated people would not contract or transmit
the virus. Again, he was wrong. As the pandemic progressed, thousands of
fully vaccinated people contracted COVID-19, and many transmitted it to
others. The promise that vaccines would be a definitive solution to the
pandemic crumbled as reality hit us with new outbreaks and variants.
Yet, despite the data showing otherwise, the official narrative did not
change, and Fauci continued to defend his position.
ADVERTISEMENT
Another controversial point was the use of masks and social distancing
restrictions. We were told that masks were essential to prevent the
spread of the virus and that the six-foot distance was based on science.
However, over time, doubts arose about the effectiveness of masks and
the real scientific basis behind the distancing measures. Many experts
began to question whether these policies were really necessary or if
they were being implemented more for political reasons than public
health.
The final blow, however, was the denial of natural immunity. Fauci and
other experts told us we could not trust immunity acquired through
natural infection. This claim contradicted scientific studies showing
that natural immunity could be even more durable than vaccine-induced
immunity in some cases. Despite this, Dr. Fauci and other public
officials continued to defend their policies without considering this
evidence.
The most troubling part was the imposition of a bureaucratic system that
tried to control not only our lives but also what we were allowed to
say. During the pandemic, there was a real attempt to create a
Disinformation Governance Board, a group of federal bureaucrats that
would decide what was "correct" information and what wasn't. This
proposal, which could have censored any opinion or data contrary to the
official narrative, reminded us that bureaucracy often acts as if it is
above the constitution and individual rights.
This attempt to control discourse and information only underscores the
importance of trusting the democratic system. After all, the executive
power was created by the Constitution to be vested in a president
elected by the people, not in unelected bureaucrats who think they are
smarter than ordinary citizens. It was the will of 77 million Americans
that elected the president, not a bureaucracy that answers to no one.
The people, through their vote, have the final say, not unelected
officials who try to impose their worldview.
It's time to remember that democracy lies in the hands of the people and
that bureaucrats, although often well-intentioned, should not have
absolute control over our lives. We must question the decisions imposed
freedom, democracy, and justice.

Follow the money and the truth about midget Fauci will be revealed.

[Siri Cruise]

Post by John Smyth
absolute control over our lives. We must question the decisions imposed
freedom, democracy, and justice.

And dead republicans.

[pothead]

Post by Siri Cruise

Post by John Smyth
absolute control over our lives. We must question the decisions imposed
freedom, democracy, and justice.

And dead republicans.

For the record I did not write that.
It was written by the OP.

[George Core]

Post by Siri Cruise

Post by John Smyth
absolute control over our lives. We must question the decisions imposed
freedom, democracy, and justice.

And dead republicans.

Republicans' excess death rate spiked after COVID-19 vaccines arrived, a
study says

A new study finds a gap in excess deaths opened between Republicans and
Democrats in 2021, after vaccine access was widened to all adults. Here,
a Walgreens worker prepares vaccine shots for school staff in Dayton,
Ohio, in February 2021.
Megan Jelinger/AFP via Getty Images

The pandemic inflicted higher rates of excess deaths on both Republicans
and Democrats. But after COVID-19 vaccines arrived, Republican voters in
Florida and Ohio died at a higher rate than their counterparts, according
to a new study.

Researchers from Yale University who studied the pandemic's effects on
those two states say that from the pandemic's start in March 2020 through
December 2021, "excess mortality was significantly higher for Republican
voters than Democratic voters after COVID-19 vaccines were available to
all adults, but not before."

More specifically, the researchers say, their adjusted analysis found
that "the excess death rate among Republican voters was 43% higher than
the excess death rate among Democratic voters" after vaccine eligibility
was opened.

The different rates "were concentrated in counties with lower vaccination
rates, and primarily noted in voters residing in Ohio," according to the
study that was published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine on Monday.

It's the latest research to suggest the perils of mixing partisan
politics with medical advice and health policy.
How was the study performed?

Researchers analyzed data related to 538,159 people who died between Jan.
1, 2018, and Dec. 31, 2021, at ages 25 and over, compiling their
political party affiliations based on records from 2017.

The study collected weekly death counts, breaking down the deceased's
party ties along with their county and age cohort. It used May 1, 2021,
as a key dividing line because the date marks a month after all U.S.
adults became eligible to receive shots of the COVID-19 vaccines.

The researchers estimated excess mortality based on how the overall rate
of deaths during the pandemic compared to what would have been expected
from historical, pre-pandemic trends.
Researchers saw a divide suddenly emerge

As they calculated excess death rate data for Florida and Ohio, the
researchers found only small differences between Republican and
Democratic voters in the first year of the pandemic, with both groups
suffering similarly sharp rises in excess deaths that winter.

Things changed as the summer of 2021 approached. When coronavirus vaccine
access widened, so did the excess death gap. In the researchers' adjusted
analysis of the period after April 1, 2021, they calculated Democratic
voters' excess death rate at 18.1, and Republicans' at 25.8 — a 7.7
percentage-point difference equating to a 43% gap.

After the gap was established in the summer of 2021, it widened further
in the fall, according to the study's authors.
The study doesn't provide all the answers

The researchers note that their study has several limitations, including
the chance that political party affiliation "is a proxy for other risk
factors," such as income, health insurance status and chronic medical
conditions, along with race and ethnicity.

The study focused only on registered Republicans and Democrats;
independents were excluded. And because the researchers drilled into data
in Florida and Ohio, they warn that their findings might not translate to
other states.

The researchers' data also did not specify a cause of death, and it
accounts for some 83.5% of U.S. deaths, rather than the entire number.
And because data about the vaccination status of each of the 538,159
people who died in the two states wasn't available, researchers could
only go as granular as the county level in assessing excess deaths and
vaccination rates.

The study was funded by the Tobin Center for Economic Policy at Yale
University and the Yale School of Public Health COVID-19 Rapid Response
Research Fund.
New findings join other reviews of politics and the pandemic

In late 2021, an NPR analysis found that after May of that year — a
timeframe that overlaps the vaccine availability cited in the new study —
people in counties that voted strongly for Donald Trump in the 2020
presidential election were "nearly three times as likely to die from
COVID-19" as people in pro-Biden counties.

"An unvaccinated person is three times as likely to lean Republican as
they are to lean Democrat," as Liz Hamel, vice president of public
opinion and survey research at the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation,
told NPR.

Even before vaccines were widely accessible, researchers were working to
quantify the effects of vastly divergent COVID-19 policies across U.S.
states.

A widely cited study from early 2021 found that in the early months of
the pandemic's official start date in March 2020, states with Republican
governors saw lower COVID-19 case numbers and death rates than
Democratic-led states. But the trend reversed around the middle of 2020,
as Republican governors were less likely to institute controls such as
stay-at-home orders and face mask requirements.

"Future policy decisions should be guided by public health considerations
rather than by political ideology," said the authors of that study, which
was selected as the article of the year by the American Journal of
Preventive Medicine.

[chrisv]

(snip)

Is that your real name? Awesome, if so.

"I'm George Core, man!"

Follow-ups are lame, though.

[P. Coonan]

Post by pothead

Post by John Smyth
'We were told to trust Fauci's bureaucrat, who ruled our lives but
got everything wrong'
<https://gatewayhispanic.com/video/we-were-told-to-trust-faucis-bureauc
rat-who-ruled-our-lives-but-got-everything-wrong/>
'For the past few years, we've been bombarded with messages from the
government and its health experts, but none stood out more than Dr.
Anthony Fauci. We were told to blindly trust this bureaucrat, the
"smartest" of all, who was making decisions to protect our lives amid
a global pandemic. However, now that the facts have come to light,
it's impossible to ignore what really happened. The irony is
undeniable: everything they told us turned out to be false.
One of the main points of friction with Fauci's statements was the
virus's origin. For a long time, we were told that COVID-19 did not
come from a laboratory, that it was completely natural. Now, multiple
agencies have confirmed what many suspected from the beginning: the
virus could have escaped from a lab in Wuhan. Dr. Fauci, along with
other health bureaucrats, insisted that this issue could not be
questioned, but today we know the truth was different. This is just
one of the many false claims made during the crisis.
Fauci also told us that vaccinated people would not contract or
transmit the virus. Again, he was wrong. As the pandemic progressed,
thousands of fully vaccinated people contracted COVID-19, and many
transmitted it to others. The promise that vaccines would be a
definitive solution to the pandemic crumbled as reality hit us with
new outbreaks and variants. Yet, despite the data showing otherwise,
the official narrative did not change, and Fauci continued to defend
his position.
ADVERTISEMENT
Another controversial point was the use of masks and social
distancing restrictions. We were told that masks were essential to
prevent the spread of the virus and that the six-foot distance was
based on science. However, over time, doubts arose about the
effectiveness of masks and the real scientific basis behind the
distancing measures. Many experts began to question whether these
policies were really necessary or if they were being implemented more
for political reasons than public health.
The final blow, however, was the denial of natural immunity. Fauci
and other experts told us we could not trust immunity acquired
through natural infection. This claim contradicted scientific studies
showing that natural immunity could be even more durable than
vaccine-induced immunity in some cases. Despite this, Dr. Fauci and
other public officials continued to defend their policies without
considering this evidence.
The most troubling part was the imposition of a bureaucratic system
that tried to control not only our lives but also what we were
allowed to say. During the pandemic, there was a real attempt to
create a Disinformation Governance Board, a group of federal
bureaucrats that would decide what was "correct" information and what
wasn't. This proposal, which could have censored any opinion or data
contrary to the official narrative, reminded us that bureaucracy
often acts as if it is above the constitution and individual rights.
This attempt to control discourse and information only underscores
the importance of trusting the democratic system. After all, the
executive power was created by the Constitution to be vested in a
president elected by the people, not in unelected bureaucrats who
think they are smarter than ordinary citizens. It was the will of 77
million Americans that elected the president, not a bureaucracy that
answers to no one. The people, through their vote, have the final
say, not unelected officials who try to impose their worldview.
It's time to remember that democracy lies in the hands of the people
and that bureaucrats, although often well-intentioned, should not
have absolute control over our lives. We must question the decisions
imposed on us and always keep in mind the fundamental principles of
our nation: freedom, democracy, and justice.

Follow the money and the truth about midget Fauci will be revealed.

Didn't we do that already a couple times?

https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/114270/documents/HHRG-117-GO24-
20211201-SD004.pdf