Hypocrisy Alert: On TV Fauci Wants ‘trusted messengers not government officials like myself’ to Promote Vaccines
President Biden’s chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci hit the Sunday morning news programs to discuss COVID-19 and vaccines.
Fauci appeared on ABC News’ “This Week,” CNN’s “State of the Union,” and CBS News’ “Face the Nation.”
On CNN, Fauci responded to a video clip of a discussion about COVID-19 vaccines at CPAC where the crowd cheered that the government failed to get ninety percent vaccination rates.
Fauci called it “horrifying.”
Jake Tapper asks Dr. Anthony Fauci to react to the CPAC Texas crowd cheering that the government has been unable to reach its vaccine goals so far.
Fauci: "It’s horrifying… I just don’t get that. I mean, and I don’t think that anybody who is thinking clearly can get that." pic.twitter.com/4nY7CMor5i
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) July 11, 2021
On ABC News, Fauci expressed concerns about vaccine politics.
Dr. Fauci tells @GStephanopoulos, "we've got to get away from the divisiveness," politics have generated in vaccination rates among Americans.
"Viruses and public health don't know the difference between a Democrat, a Republican or an Independent." https://t.co/CSKRmXmlXK pic.twitter.com/OwedIlQw49
— ABC News (@ABC) July 11, 2021
From the ABC News transcript Fauci said:
One of the ways to do that is to get trusted messengers without any political ideology differences out there — that could be clergy, that could be trusted messengers in the community, that could be your family physician — to get people to put aside this political issue and say, what am I going to be able to do for my own safety and for that of my family?
We have got to get away from the divisiveness that has really been a problem right from the very beginning with this outbreak.
Fauci expressed concern about the state of vaccinations on “Face the Nation.”
“It is almost inexplicable why people, when they see the data in front of them, that they don't get vaccinated,” Dr. Fauci says of declining U.S. vaccination rates. “We’re talking about a public health issue that is life saving for you, your family, as well as your community.” pic.twitter.com/MEaOitfNCB
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) July 11, 2021
Fauci again urged for “trusted messengers” to promote vaccines.
Fauci says Biden administration must rely on “trusted messengers in the community” for vaccine outreach: “Those messengers could be your family doctor. It could be a clergy person. It could be a community leader. It could be a sports figure.” pic.twitter.com/YN0g8IsCAr
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) July 11, 2021
Yes, there is a big difference in vaccination rates between Republicans and Democrats and Fauci is correct about having the right messengers.
Ironically, Fauci is part of the problem he described because many Republicans view him as a polarizing political figure.
Too many have Fauci fatigue but the Biden White House continues to put him in the national spotlight.
Fauci needs to follow his own advice and retreat from TV interviews because he is not trusted.
