Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious diseases expert, on Tuesday defended his guidance to the federal government over how to respond to the Covid-19 outbreak, telling Sen. Rand Paul that “I have never made myself out to be the ‘end-all'” and warning against “cavalier” thinking that children could be immune to the disease’s effects.
Paul, a Kentucky Republican, challenged Fauci during a congressional hearing, saying he doesn’t think Fauci is the “end-all,” and “the one person that gets to make the decision” regarding reopening the US economy during the coronavirus pandemic.
Said the guy who tested positive for COVID-19 and recovered:
“I think we ought to have a little bit of humility in our belief that we know what’s best for the economy, and as much as I respect you, Dr. Fauci, I don’t think you’re the end-all.
I don’t think you’re the one person that gets to make the decision. We can listen to your advice but there are people on the other side saying there’s not going to be a surge and then we can safely open the economy. And the facts will bear this out.”
-Senator Rand Paul (Idiot-Kentucky)
Fauci responded that he “never made (himself) out to be the end-all and only voice in this” and noted that “there are a number” of other officials who weigh on the administration’s strategy.
“I’m a scientist, a physician and a public health official. I give advice, according to the best scientific evidence,” he said. “I don’t give advice about economic things.”
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