Thread by @ClaraJeffery

real fucking briefings. such a relief c-span.org/video/?508191-…

Fauci looks reborn.

Fauci is such a great science communicator and Trump had him on a shelf for the past seven months.

I could listen to him saying "diminution" all day.

Fauci address prevalence of strains and what impact that might have on rates of infection and whether they're going to end-run the vaccines.

"we're going to be completely open, transparent, and honest...if things go wrong we'll [own up]"

Biden has stressed this to Fauci (and in his own comments an hour or so ago)

Says his best case scenario is 85% vaccinated by end of the summer, in which case we get herd immunity, and normality by the fall.

"It was very clear that things were being said, like hydroxy, that weren't based on science..."

tl; dr Says HE'S RELIEVED AND BACK

Briefings that aren't about gaslighting and stroking the man child's ego...