Fauci’s Truth

In the early days of HIV/AIDS complete ignorance reigned. Thousands of young men were dying throughout the world. In those days no one knew what they were dealing with. No one knew where the disease came from or started. Without that they had few clues about what they were working with.

Researchers dug in. Started where they could. Relied on scientific method and slowly accumulated data that pointed towards an understanding. False leads were plentiful. Pharmaceutical corporations dug in as cases mounted. Hundreds of thousands of new cases were reported. Young men continued to die in mounting numbers. New York City was a hot spot. LA was a hot spot. Miami, Paris, London, Berlin and so many more. Then millions were dead. The crisis defined itself.

Parents and grandparents were shocked. The passing of their younger generation was too much to bear. Young talent was robbed from society. Musicians, actors, writers, artists, mathematicians, scientists, explores, all of these and more were suddenly absent from our future. The loss was staggering. The business community especially was hurt.

Today 36 million are dead from HIV/AIDS. It is a pandemic but now ebbing. Immunologists, scientists and major donors funded the research that discovered treatments and drugs to tame the disease. Make no mistake; the disease remains. We have only learned how to live with it and lessen its toll both in death and in disability.

Dr. Anthony Fauci was in that heroic effort to defeat HIV/AIDS. For decades he has been front and center in that fight. He understands pandemics. He understands the science. He understands how the human body fights diseases naturally, and which diseases overpower the body. Which diseases need other solutions to save the body, to save lives. He has been there in HIV/AIDS. He has been there in other diseases through the years. And now the COVID-19 pandemic.

The only difference in his role in COVID was his leadership role in educating the public. Problem was he had a new boss assigned to him in the presidency. That boss was not a scientist. That boss had no respect for truth or facts. That boss was only about his own visibility and assumed superpowers. He told his people what to say, and what to support.

Walking the fine line throughout this ordeal, Dr. Fauci still spoke the truth. He still worked the truth and the methods of science. He kept at it. Seven days a week. Twelve to sixteen hours per day. Fauci is not young; he approaches 80. But his mission remains pure and true.

To question this man’s credibility is not only foolish, but also political propaganda. If we are to survive as a credible social order, we must dump the propaganda. We must dump the trump. And get on with life and business.

That means listening for the truth and facts. That means being involved in understanding what is news and what is not.

I have followed Dr. Fauci for many years. I have his back. I hope the rest of us do as well.

June 7, 2021