Dr. Anthony Fauci, the leader of the U.S. Government’s Covid pandemic response effort, has tested positive for the coronavirus, despite being fully vaccinated with four doses. CNBC has more.
Fauci, who is fully vaccinated and twice boosted against Covid, is experiencing mild symptoms, according to a statement Wednesday from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which he leads.
“Dr. Fauci will isolate and continue to work from home,” the statement said. “He has not recently been in close contact with President [Joe] Biden or other senior Government officials.”
In addition to being director of NIAID, which is a division of the National Institutes of Health, the 81-year-old Fauci also is Biden’s Chief Medical Advisor.
Covid infections are surging in the U.S. again, driven by the highly contagious Omicron variant, after dipping below 30,000 a day in March and April, according to a CNBC analysis of data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The average number of new infections a day has held steady over 100,000 since the end of May, according to the data.
NIAID said in its statement that Fauci will follow COVID-19 guidelines issued by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and “medical advice from his physician and return to NIH when he tests negative”.
The infectious disease expert has been the public face of the response to Covid since the pandemic began in earnest in the United States in March 2020.
Fauci’s promotion of coronavirus mitigation efforts, including social distancing, mask wearing and, when they became available, vaccinations, made him a hero to many. But he also drew criticism from others who believed official responses to Covid were too heavy-handed.
Worth reading in full.
Stop Press: Eugyppius has a typically entertaining take:
I promise you, Anthony Fauci really is vaccinated. He’s a corrupt and dishonest medical bureaucrat, but for the full comedic effect, you have to understand that he actually believes the greater part of his bullshit. Socially and professionally, he’s at Ground Zero of vaccine mania. You have to imagine that he submits hourly anal swabs to his assistant for lateral flow testing, enforces strict social distancing among the fish in his Koi Pond, makes his cats wear masks, and is on at least vaccine dose 5.
Worth reading in full.
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I posted this yesterday from TCW. The credit belongs to Kathy Gyngell.
Do keep up.
I hope that all those who went out to vote hoping that a sea change was coming feel suitably foolish.
The system is rigged in so many ways. The distorted representation of votes in parliament, the media assault on anyone that might be a threat to the establishment, the gaslighting making people think that this freak show we call elections represents their actual views and wishes.
Thing will only actually change in a meaningful way when enough people get tired of being suckered, say enough is enough and refuse to play the rigged game.
Labour 33.8% of the vote share
54% turn out
46.5m eligible to vote out of a population of 67m
69.4% of the population eligible to vote
0.694 x 0.54 x 0.338
Just 12.7% of the population voted for this government.
Time long overdue for PR
There are many varieties of PR, so you do need to specify which you prefer, and why.
For example, party lists only encourage central control, which has caused much dysfunctionality already. Multiple members for each constituency means muddled responsibility.
And, given that European countries have very different means of electing representatives, yet all have had their problems, there is much to be said for some thinking rather than unspecific soundbites.
Well said. Whenever I try to say exactly the same thing I get hammered on the downvotes, but your same point has been well received. An indication of the fluidity, and easily managed, of many?
We see clearly the next task.
Scotland, Wales, London show us what is in store for us all.
The demolition of Labour……we’ll have to get them before they get us……
Two thirds of the country did not vote for this (big majority of seats) government.
Time for PR.
As I already said on this thread, you need to specify which type of PR.
Wales clearly likes socialism as they have booted out the Tories. So let us all look forward the an NHS Welsh style.
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Based on declared seats Reform have the third highest share of the vote. And labour share of the vote is only just above one third.
Noticed that Chris Chope got back in for Christchurch. I think he was one of the good guys. Andrew Bridgen has failed for NW Leicestershire- by a long way as well.
He was one of the few good guys – constantly trying to highlight the plight of the vaccine injured in the HoC.
The people of Leicester NW deserve all the shyte that Kneel and Co can throw at them.
What a vile electorate.
It’s as though Andrew is worse than an inconvenience.
I’m shocked, truly shocked, telI you!
The https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/dermatologys-horrendous-war-against was worth a read, but in the “Benefits of sunlight” section it is silent about one of the fundamental ones. I.e. the way we use Ultra Violet-B to make vitamin D. Perhaps the author has shares in the manufacture of supplements, a cynic might observe!
If the Tories could do this after winning an 80 seat majority last time, just think what Labour will achieve in 5 years with double the majority.
How many extra windmills will Labour manage to plan, build, and put into production before they get found out?
And then there’s the miles of Power Lines, acres of solar panels and Carbon Capture & Storage installations that fail.
I do have a good idea on the number of CC&S successes.
So Reform won 14% of the popular vote, and got 4 seats in Parliament.
LibDems won 12% of the popular vote, and got 63 seats in Parliament.
Errrr, yes, that seems fair…
And the Greens got around half the Reform vote, but the same number of seats.
This election is the first chance that Reform have had to judge where their support lies on national issues. In their next election they will be able to crunch the numbers and build funding to allow then the target resources for best effect.