The medical troll who just won’t go away, Dr. Anthony Fauci, now says he would do things differently when it came to COVID-19 in 2020, if he just knew then what he knows now.

When you read that, you might think that Fauci is coming away sadder and wiser about the mistakes that were made. But you would be wrong. Dr. Fauci wishes that the lockdowns had been more extreme, and that they had been more insistent on masking.

“If I knew in 2020, what I know now, we would do a lot differently because back then we were not sure of a number of things,” Fauci said.”

Among other things, he also said that there should have been further restrictions and mask requirements to counter the coronavirus in 2020.”

Oh, really? THAT’S the story that you want to run with, there, Dr. Fauci?

“We know now, two and a half years later, that anywhere from 50 to 60 percent of the transmission occur from someone without symptoms, either someone who never will get symptoms or someone who is in the pre-symptomatic stage,” Fauci said.”

“Had we known that then, the insidious nature of spread in the community would have been much more of an alarm and there would have been much, much more stringent restrictions in the sense of very, very heavy, encouraging people to wear masks, physical distancing or what have you,” he continued.”

He later insisted that data has proven that masking prevents the transmission of COVID-19, despite conflicting statements in the past.”

“I think the masking situation is one that is really critical that would have been done differently. First of all, we did not fully appreciate that a well-fitted K95 or NK95 mask is much, much better than a cloth mask and to wear a good mask, the data now are very clear that masks are very good at preventing both the acquisition of and transmission of infection,” Fauci said.”

On the internet, no one can hear you scream. Which is probably a good thing, because that’s what I’m doing right now. The complete interview that Fauci gave to The Hill, where he talked about his wishes and dreams of locking down harder and wearing all the masks, can be seen here.

Let us take a small trip down memory lane, shall we? Dr. Fauci has always bent the narrative to his benefit, because he is a politician who wears a lab coat. He flip-flopped on mask wearing, being against it before he was for it. He admitted to lying to the public in pursuit of “the greater good” on herd immunity and vaccinations. Fauci then pushed for wearing two masks at the same time, because if one was good, two was BETTER. Then he changed his mind about letting vaccinated people out in public again. And then he pushed the idea that we would be masking in perpetuity – in May 2021, he was saying we should mask until May 2022. And then Fauci claimed that courts shouldn’t be able to tell the CDC what to do! After all, HE IS THE SCIENCE.

Let’s face it, Anthony Fauci has enjoyed his power trip controlling the lives of millions of people. His authoritarian nature just loves rearing its ugly head. His only concern is about whether people got COVID-19 or not. He never stopped to consider the other cascading consequences of lockdown – the mental health struggles, the other untreated medical conditions, the loss of schools, the loss of social lives, nothing. The sooner this arrogant bastard retires, the better.

Well, if Republicans win back Congress, Fauci’s nemesis Senator Rand Paul wants him under oath and being investigated.

“One way or another, if we are in the majority, we will subpoena his records and he will testify in the Senate under oath,” said Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who is in line to become the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee if Republicans win the majority with the panel’s current ranking member, Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), retiring.”

Republicans have not been shy about launching probes into the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic, focusing on the origins of the virus and whether the federal government — and by extension, Fauci — helped fund controversial research that might have played a role in its creation.”

While Republicans have been in the minority, those investigations have not gained much momentum. But with the majority, the GOP would have the authority to lob subpoenas at the administration to force it to hand over documents.”

“If we win in November, if I’m chairman of a committee, if I have subpoena power, we’ll go after every one of [Fauci’s] records,” Paul said earlier this year.”

Fauci is the highest paid government employee – he makes even more than a presidential salary, and he will even in retirement! This man has gotten very wealthy over the years being consistently wrong about so many things, and now he will walk away with a golden parachute after wrecking so many lives to satisfy his desire to play God. He may have a golden parachute, but that landing should be very rocky. And in his arrogance, he isn’t a damn bit sorry for any of it. I want very much for this man, if he can’t be held criminally responsible for his policies, to sit and squirm under oath, lights and cameras all on him, as the public watches.

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