He's a true believer in this kind of research. He has years invested in it. He has spent years talking, writing and promoting it and writing off the risks and that's scary shit. Once you look at it that way, his current defensiveness is clear & understand what he stands to lose.
https://twitter.com/mazemoore/status/1417668993968754695
This piece in @thenation (Yes, The Nation) is so clarifying on this. This isn't about left or right. 4 million people are dead likely because of this research. That's why he deflects and distracts. It's his life's work and funding.
thenation.com/article/societ…
thenation.com/article/societ…
The biggest thing shielding him is how the national media has deified him. They will not press him on any of this because even they know where this possibly goes.
Science and molecular biology cannot be to blame for this. That's Fauci's starting point. "We're the good guys. We're only trying to help." This is why what Jon Stewart said resonated. Often times, these guys are NOT the good guys, well intentioned or not.
Fauci will defend his life's work like a rabid Wolverine, because that's what true believers do. That's what Marshall & Paul brought out of him this week. I disagree with how Paul went about it, but the reaction was telling.
If you commit to this kind of research and you cure cancer, you're a genius. If you kill 4 million people with it, you should be regarded as a monster. That's Fauci's dilemma, and what he's fighting off every day, and more and more he's looking like the monster.
Fauci and others like him, Collins at NIH, Peter Daszak are going to continue this kind of work in places like China because of the money that flows between them. Nothing will be learned. China is going to get away with this and this is the rest of our lives now. Goodnight.
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