And your parents told you that if you ate spinach you'd be just as strong as Popeye. Were they lying? Yes, absolutely. Were they wrong? No, eating greens is good for you.
You have a peculiar standard for truth, it seems to depend on which side of the debate someone is for the person to be held to the 'lily white' standard or the 'can shoot someone on broadway and get away with it' standard.
Riddle me this: If Fauci had said 'masks work but we need you all to hang back and not buy them because we need them for the medical profession' resulting in a mass run on masks resulting in even larger numbers of death in care workers how would you view him? Is there any way in which according to you he could have discharged his duty without engaging in lies (white or otherwise) to get to a desired effect without further collateral damage?
> And your parents told you that if you ate spinach you'd be just as strong as Popeye. Were they lying? Yes, absolutely. Were they wrong? No, eating greens is good for you.
Yes, they were wrong to lie. Not that your false equivalence is in any way relevant because Fauci is a public servant of the people, and parents are not servants of their children.
> You have a peculiar standard for truth, it seems to depend on which side of the debate someone is for the person to be held to the 'lily white' standard or the 'can shoot someone on broadway and get away with it' standard.
There's nothing peculiar about wanting public health officials to not deceive the public about public health, which is their duty. What bizarro world do you live in where this is ok? In no other country on Earth did public health officials do this, even though they were facing their own PPE shortages.
> If Fauci had said 'masks work but we need you all to hang back and not buy them because we need them for the medical profession' resulting in a mass run on masks resulting in even larger numbers of death in care workers how would you view him?
I would view him as an honest public health official who did his duty, which is how I view the public health officials in my country who didn't lie to us, and where no such disaster happened.
> Is there any way in which according to you he could have discharged his duty without engaging in lies (white or otherwise) to get to a desired effect without further collateral damage?
Yes, and this has been explained ad-nauseum by people with legitimate criticisms of Fauci, although of course, even such legitimate criticisms are simply brushed off as partisan posturing, just like you're trying to do now.
During the PPE shortages, there was plenty of coverage about how to make your own mask. Plenty of commercial outlets voluntarily limited PPE purchases. Non-binding recommendations from public health officials could have encouraged such policies, and also provided official guides on making masks until PPE supplies were replenished.
Now I want you to look in the mirror and ask why you're trying to cover for him? What public purpose does it serve? This public servant lied to the public, and has lost the public trust even according to polls. The only people covering for him are die hard Democrats because he gave Trump the proverbial middle finger. Is that "credential" really more important for a public health official than the public trust?
You have a peculiar standard for truth, it seems to depend on which side of the debate someone is for the person to be held to the 'lily white' standard or the 'can shoot someone on broadway and get away with it' standard.
Riddle me this: If Fauci had said 'masks work but we need you all to hang back and not buy them because we need them for the medical profession' resulting in a mass run on masks resulting in even larger numbers of death in care workers how would you view him? Is there any way in which according to you he could have discharged his duty without engaging in lies (white or otherwise) to get to a desired effect without further collateral damage?