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Shouldn't need to be said, but here we are - BostonCard - 10-23-2020
https://bioengineeringcommunity.nature.com/posts/supporting-us-public-health-experts-dd8a3fc2-f5df-437a-aec5-e66df7441516
Quote:The institutions of the CDC, the FDA and NIH comprise tens of thousands of men and women who care deeply about society and making the world a better place. These nameless individuals represent our ‘United Armed Forces’ against COVID-19. They fight with brains instead of weapons, displaying the same courage and dedication as our armed forces in times of war, and they deserve our eternal gratitude. We and the associates of our companies consider that we fight alongside these individuals as part of the same cause, wielding science against our common adversary.
However, we are concerned that various parties in this critical coalition have come under politically motivated attacks. Targets have included, among others, the FDA, the CDC and Fauci; in Fauci’s case this has occurred to the point where he now requires a security detail. Not only are these attacks completely unjustified, they risk intimidating and demoralizing the very people we all are relying on to help end the COVID-19 nightmare. As such, they are irresponsible and a pose danger to us all.
I mean, imagine we are fighting a war and the President is constantly undermining the generals fighting it. If Fauci no longer has the President's confidence, then the President should fire him, as is his authority and install someone who does. I would disagree with it, but it certainly his right to have people who he trusts. Instead, the President is undermining Fauci's authority, which seems designed to scapegoat Fauci and other public health experts. As others have said on this board (including a couple people who are skeptical of reflexive anti-Trump messaging), this is reason enough to oppose him.
BC
RE: Shouldn't need to be said, but here we are - Goose - 10-23-2020
(10-23-2020, 09:28 AM)BostonCard Wrote: I mean, imagine we are fighting a war and the President is constantly undermining the generals fighting it. If Fauci no longer has the President's confidence, then the President should fire him, as is his authority and install someone who does. I would disagree with it, but it certainly his right to have people who he trusts. Instead, the President is undermining Fauci's authority, which seems designed to scapegoat Fauci and other public health experts. As others have said on this board (including a couple people who are skeptical of reflexive anti-Trump messaging), this is reason enough to oppose him.
BC
Totally agree. It makes no sense at all to call someone incompetent yet retain them in the position. Trump wants COVID-19 to be "easy". It isn't easy, it is a real bastard, as Fauci has stated. Trump can't fire Fauci, as Fauci is too popular. Trump can't jusr do waht Fauci suggests, as it would require admitting that Trump was wrong about the virus being "easy". So instead, we have cognitive dissonance at the POTUS level. Hopefully, that will change soon, but when it does, the virus will still be a bastard and we will still have a long fight ahead.
RE: Shouldn't need to be said, but here we are - Genuine Realist - 10-23-2020
(10-23-2020, 10:07 AM)Goose Wrote:It's going to cost him the election (among other things).(10-23-2020, 09:28 AM)BostonCard Wrote: I mean, imagine we are fighting a war and the President is constantly undermining the generals fighting it. If Fauci no longer has the President's confidence, then the President should fire him, as is his authority and install someone who does. I would disagree with it, but it certainly his right to have people who he trusts. Instead, the President is undermining Fauci's authority, which seems designed to scapegoat Fauci and other public health experts. As others have said on this board (including a couple people who are skeptical of reflexive anti-Trump messaging), this is reason enough to oppose him.
BC
Totally agree. It makes no sense at all to call someone incompetent yet retain them in the position. Trump wants COVID-19 to be "easy". It isn't easy, it is a real bastard, as Fauci has stated. Trump can't fire Fauci, as Fauci is too popular. Trump can't jusr do waht Fauci suggests, as it would require admitting that Trump was wrong about the virus being "easy". So instead, we have cognitive dissonance at the POTUS level. Hopefully, that will change soon, but when it does, the virus will still be a bastard and we will still have a long fight ahead.
What is astonishing is how unnecessary it all was. All you have to do to be effective is to behave Presidentially, basically saying 'there, there', expressing confidence in solutions and backing your scientists. There is even space for sensible political comment, against those governors and mayors who are more conservative than scientific consensus (Cody?) or whose orders have an arbitrary element. (Whitmer)
But Trump couldn't do it. His narcissism betrayed him. A classic example of one of Murphy's Laws, that nature always sides with the hidden flaw.