On Thursday, Dr. Anthony Fauci told MSNBC, “If you look at the children who are hospitalized, many of them are hospitalized with COVID as opposed to because of COVID.”
It would have been better if he had shared this truth over a year ago as the number of hospitalizations and deaths instilled fear in the hearts of most Americans.
How many of the nearly 850,000 recorded U.S. COVID deaths were caused by the virus and how many died of something else, like a gunshot wound or cancer, for instance, and simply tested positive for COVID?
I recall writing about a Colorado resident whose death last year had been attributed to COVID. In reality, he’d died from injuries sustained in a car accident. Prior to Fauci’s remarks, questioning the CDC’s COVID statistics was considered right-wing disinformation.
Things we knew, but were considered conspiracy, long ago.
— Sinner Saved by Grace (@redeemed_St) December 30, 2021
Did he just say something honest?
— GrumpyCryptoCat🔺️🐂😾🦔💎 (@OscarCryptoCat) December 31, 2021
Separately, the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control announced they had cut the isolation period for those who test positive for COVID-19. The change, according to the CDC, “is motivated by science demonstrating that the majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs early in the course of illness, generally in the 1-2 days prior to onset of symptoms and the 2-3 days after.”
The CDC issued a statement which read (in part):
Given what we currently know about COVID-19 and the Omicron variant, CDC is shortening the recommended time for isolation from 10 days for people with COVID-19 to 5 days, if asymptomatic, followed by 5 days of wearing a mask when around others. People who test positive should isolate for 5 days and, if asymptomatic at that time, they may leave isolation if they can continue to mask for 5 days to minimize the risk of infecting others.
The CDC also reduced the recommended quarantine period for those who were exposed to COVID-19 to five days.
These two reversals come at a critical time. Once the clock strikes midnight in Washington, politicos will turn their attention to the 2022 midterms.
After nearly two years of unreasonable, authoritarian language, policies and guidance, Democrats know they must appear at least somewhat rational to avoid a devastating defeat in November.
NOT NEW! In fact glaringly obvious to any fair minded observer since day 1 of the pandemic, and true for children and adults. Looks like @WHCOS has instructed Fauci to finally acknowledge the truth. Internal polling must be catastrophic with an election less than a year away. https://t.co/u8XXaMunPo
— Ramin Farzaneh-Far MD (@rfsquared) December 31, 2021
Next thing you know, they’ll be telling us that hospitalization and death rates from the Omicron variant are far lower than the data for previous strains of the virus.
What? They’ve already begun?
It amazes me that instead of being mad at their government, the media and the pharmaceutical companies over being lied to, some fools are mad at the rest of us for simply pointing out the fact that they’ve been lied to. SMH
— Travis Tritt (@Travistritt) December 31, 2021
Perhaps if Biden’s mishandling of COVID had been his administration’s only serious misstep, the strategy to pivot to a more judicious, sane narrative might help. But the past year has been defined by one calamity after the other, from the Afghanistan debacle and the border crisis to inflation and the loss of our energy independence.
There’s simply been too much damage done for a change in tone to save the day. But expect to see and hear policy changes and remarks like Fauci’s anyway.
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