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Bananigans@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Comprehension of the underlying reasons for a particular set of events or advice isn’t really a conspiracy nut’s bread and butter. That’s why they’re idiots and professionals aren’t to blame. Keeping the healer alive is a pretty basic strategy and Fauci was right to do it.

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MotoAsh@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
His one job is to not give public health measures a bad image, and he did the exact opposite by gaslighting. It’s amazing how people are defending being gaslighted. Pathetic.

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- Bananigans@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Your understanding of gaslighting isn’t quite right.
  
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  - MotoAsh@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    He started with gaslighting. Then he EVENTUALLY corrected himself in poorly phrased ways that were far too easy to clipchimp his message ib to oblivion.
    
    I do not care how much anyone respects him of doctors. I don’t care what eord yoy think would apply. His job was a communicator, and he failed miserably.
    
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    Bananigans@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    In a March 8, 2020, interview, Fauci stated that “right now in the United States, people [who are not infected] should not be walking around with masks”, but “if you want to do it, that’s fine”. In the same interview, Fauci said that buying masks “could lead to a shortage of masks for the people who really need” them: “When you think masks, you should think of healthcare providers needing them”
    
    Yikes. Apparently he did gaslight people in the time between stating his position and then explaining it.
    
    What really happened was bad actors circulated edited clips of this video, out of context, around Facebook and other social media sites. Lots of folks, apparently you included, ate it up and have been happy customers at the propaganda buffet ever since.
    
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