Yes, I'm a friend, but as a hugely important public figure, Tony Fauci is not above reproach. Michael Barbaro (NYT "The Daily" podcast) asked some strong questions of Fauci yesterday afternoon, especially around the travel bans. /1
Since COVID-19 was spreading in Washington State in late January, the bans were either too late and/or too narrow to make much of a difference. /2
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His TV interviews have been strong, but often not strong enough. I heard him on CNN Tuesday night not willing to say what our governors should do. /3
He could have said, "well, the data from New York is showing that we didn't see the effects of social distancing until the governor started closing things, so if I were a governor of a state, I'd start doing more than just offering social distancing advice." /4
And sorry, Tony -- none of us are believing you when you say Trump understood the seriousness of this from the get-go. Trump's own words belie that claim. /5
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Since those early ACT UP T&D dinners, we've loved Tony Fauci, but it has always been based on our no-bullshit-exchanges with him (which went both ways -- we'd call out his shit, and he'd call out ours).
That's why I'm still with #TeamTony. 6/6
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