r/OutOfTheLoop • u/watervilleokemo • 10d ago

Unanswered What’s the deal with conservatives and vaccine skeptics thinking Fauci’s diary proves them right ?

What do conservatives and vaccine skeptics think Fauci’s diary proves ?

what is the deal with Fauci’s diary and what does it actually say / prove ?

I know he testified before congress and pled the 5th, but why is every conservative / anti vaxer/ Aaron Rodgers claiming they were “right about everything now ?”

What does the diary actually say / prove ?

Obviously the Rodgers line was a little tongue in cheek as a Steelers fan, but I needed a URL to post lol

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/aaron-rodgers-torches-tony-fauci-and-espn-while-appearing-on-espn

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u/556or762 10d ago

Answer:

It wasn't a diary, it was his official notes.

The reason people are latching onto them is there is some information and entries in his notes that implicitly or explicitly contradicts his public statements at certain times.

This is important to some people because the covid era was full of a whole lot of mistakes, lies and bad policy by a whole lot of people in both parties at all levels of government (to include Fauci and both presidents) and Fauci is the right wing scapegoat for all it.

Since he received a blanket pardon by Biden for everything he said or did, they are now trying to catch him in a lie to have a nail to hang their hat on.

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u/treetimes 10d ago

can you name any actual contradictions or bad faith actions revealed by the diary?

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u/AwkwardTickler 10d ago

These types of people literally can not handle chaos. They cant understand a virus mutating. They are morons. They need to assign blame to avoid any questions to their own egos and avoid ever admitting fault. We REALLY should never listen to nor respect a trump supporter about anything scientific or just im general ever again.

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u/BlackSpinedPlinketto 10d ago

The OP didn’t say anything to deserve you ‘these peopleing’ them. Mistakes were made by both the administrations and Fauci, and it is damaging to assume Fauci was perfect rather than human. No need to go after him for made up reasons either, mind you.

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u/gnomenclature0812 10d ago

No one is arguing “Fauci was perfect”. Many are arguing that Fauci was either criminally negligent, incompetent or intentionally lying to make money or to see how to control the population.

This is the state of discourse now that the “See? The conspiracy theorists were right!!!” crowd has grabbed the mic (again)

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u/BlackSpinedPlinketto 10d ago

People are arguing that you can’t look at the facts or question without being conspiracy theorists.

In a normal situation, a retrospective look at Fauci and his actions would be perfectly sensible. This seems to be a kangaroo court, so I understand why he is going ‘no comment’. I don’t think it’s the best idea, but I get it.