Anthony Fauci Says His Critics Are Attacking Science Itself
"A lot of what you're seeing as attacks on me quite frankly are attacks on science."
"A lot of what you're seeing as attacks on me quite frankly are attacks on science."
Politicians and policymakers know less than they think they do, in part because they have less power over our lives than they assume.
The COVID-19 adviser's unsatisfying explanation of his conversion feeds skepticism about the value of a sensible precaution.
How a debate about COVID-19's origins exposed a dangerous hubris
Officials’ cynical manipulation of the public damaged their own credibility as well as the world at large.
Burdensome regulations have likely cost lives.
We can justifiably hope for normalcy by Independence Day.
Health officials will never give people permission to be unhealthy. Who cares?
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Pandemics are like margin calls, exposing in a moment the pre-existing weakness of various positions and institutions.
Centralization makes sense only if you ignore differences in local conditions—and trust the feds to make the right choices.
Legal responses to this fall's surge in new cases, like last spring's lockdowns, are frequently illogical and unscientific.
The president's COVID-19 adviser is not always right, but at least he is attempting to describe reality.
"Economists are accustomed to thinking about tradeoffs," says economist and Nobel laureate Alvin Roth. "It appears that at least in some parts of the ethics community, they are not."
After failing to frame Robert Mueller, Elizabeth Warren, and others for sexual misconduct, the infamous Trumpster hoaxers tried to go after Fauci. But the woman they hired to play the victim had second thoughts.
The gatherings are ill-advised but understandable given the harms of government-enforced shutdowns.