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1. William Crews is a Press Officer for the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID). But for years Crews has been writing for RedState, an U.S Conservative political blog, and trashing the man who leads his agency — Fauci 2/
thedailybeast.com/redstate-covid…
2. #Fauci
Under the ‘streiff’ pseudonym, Crews has contributed to the very same disinformation campaign, that his superiors at the NIAID say is a major challenge to widespread efforts to control a pandemic that has claimed nearly 200,000 U.S. lives. 3/
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‘Under his pseudonym, Crews has derided his own colleagues as part of a left-wing anti-Trump conspiracy and vehemently criticized the man who leads his agency, whom he described as the “attention-grubbing and media-whoring Anthony Fauci.”
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‘Crews has gone after other public health officials at the state & federal levels as well—“the public health Karenwaffen,'' as he’s called them—over measures such as the closures of businesses & other public establishments & the promotion of social distancing/mask-wearing 5/
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‘Those policies, Crews insists, have no basis in science and are simply surreptitious efforts to usurp Americans’ rights, destroy the U.S. economy, and damage President Donald Trump’s reelection effort.’
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Last note: a NIAID spox says Crews will now retire.
And that’s it? A Press Officer, a govt official, can spread dangerous misinformation from a privileged position and slander crucial individuals in the fight against COVID, that he works for, & there’s no accountability?
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