Fauci: Because of variants, you'll basically have to wear a mask forever.

Well, look in the mirror, buddy.

It would have been a lot easier to put a few ounces of toothpaste back in the tube last spring.

Now, since you didn't want to follow any basic epidemiology, we need to put a million gallons worth of toothpaste back in tubes.

Hate masks with firey passion wrote:

Who didn't see this coming? Seriously...Fauci needs to go to hell.

https://www.boston.com/news/coronavirus/2021/03/18/anthony-fauci-rand-paul-mask-theater

This is BS!!!! I'm not wearing a frickin mask!

I'm with you tough guys. No eff'in mask here neither. Freedom isn't free!!!! USA! USA! USA! Only snowflakes wear masks. Masks are for wussies. And I'm not even a cover denier!

Swedish bikini team manager wrote:

Well, look in the mirror, buddy.

It would have been a lot easier to put a few ounces of toothpaste back in the tube last spring.

Now, since you didn't want to follow any basic epidemiology, we need to put a million gallons worth of toothpaste back in tubes.

Wrong. Nothing goes back in the tube. That was never an option. The tube had exploded by the time we even realized it existed.

We need to accept that this new toothpaste will exist alongside all the other old toothpastes and once in a while you'll step in toothpaste and there's a 99.76% chance it's not a big deal.

Relax and trust the science. This pandemic is almost over. Let's get through this together! Just got tested. Awaiting results. Meanwhile, I'm quarantining.

Sham 69 wrote:

This pandemic is almost over.

Not according to Fauci.

And I agree, let's get through this together, by all burning our masks and getting back to normal and not letting a cold keep us all terrified and isolated. Practically every high risk person is protected now.

Time's come to rip the bandaid off for the rest of us.

This dude is a nugget. Enough is enough.

It's time for a change.

Sham 69 wrote:

Relax and trust the science. This pandemic is almost over. Let's get through this together! Just got tested. Awaiting results. Meanwhile, I'm quarantining.

Death rates aren't going to decrease next winter. Or the 2023 or 24 or 25..... Think about it.

Sorry, but I wasted a few minutes of my life reading through the article. Can you find the part where Fauci says we have to wear masks forever?

From what I can gather, he's saying that there are still variants out there. Plus, not everyone is vaccinated yet. Plus, you still may spread it even while vaccinated. Once a high enough percentage of the population is vaccinated, and once we get a handle on how bad/not bad these variants are, we can do away with masks everywhere.

It's really not that big of a deal to wear a mask while in public and around other people. It's such a small inconvenience to you and adds some degree of protection for those around you. I don't know what your problem is. Oh, what, yes I do. You're an a$$hole.

high school xc coach wrote:

This dude is a nugget. Enough is enough.

It's time for a change.

He's that typical New Yorker Italian guy who loves being the "lets get down to facts, Jack" guy for the camera.

He can shout from the rooftops about "variants" and immunity all he wants. Rand Paul is saying "people who get vaccinated are doing 100% great". But to Fauci, the very existence of the variant strains means that newfound immunity is worthless. There is a NEW Covid called Covid-19 Part II: The Sequel.

So for all of Fauci's efforts, he says we are literally at square one again: There is a new disease with no vaccine. We don't know how deadly it is but we think it's bad. We don't know how many feet we have to stay apart but it's definitely more than 2. We don't know the viral load required to infect but we think masks should prevent it from occurring. We don't know how many have already been exposed to it but we think everyone needs to shelter in place regardless.

The plan from his end is to do the EXACT SAME THING again. More shutdowns, more 3 part vaccines, more online everything, more full-value bailouts for Delta F***ing Airlines and every other massive company that uses all of its profits for stock buybacks and CEO bonuses.

Swedish bikini team manager wrote:

Well, look in the mirror, buddy.

It would have been a lot easier to put a few ounces of toothpaste back in the tube last spring.

Now, since you didn't want to follow any basic epidemiology, we need to put a million gallons worth of toothpaste back in tubes.

Yes, we are all certain that measures in the US would have prevented the South African strain, the Brazilian strain, the UK strain, the Italian strain, the French strain, the California strain (yep, they have had in place the measures you are advocating for), etc. There are over a thousand different variants out there (just as there are with the flu). Your body will adapt. Once you have had any one of these strains or the vaccine, encountering the new strains will likely lead to nothing more than the sniffles.

Hate masks with firey passion wrote:

Who didn't see this coming? Seriously...Fauci needs to go to hell.

https://www.boston.com/news/coronavirus/2021/03/18/anthony-fauci-rand-paul-mask-theater

I am just stunned that the OP would misrepresent what was said. Absolutely shocked.

After he blatantly lied about the effectiveness about masks early in the pandemic, he lost all credibility.

comedyre1i3f wrote:

After he blatantly lied about the effectiveness about masks early in the pandemic, he lost all credibility.

He is also blatantly lying about the effectiveness of current vaccines against variants.

high school xc coach wrote:

This dude is a nugget. Enough is enough.

It's time for a change.

Agreed. Not sure why Kentucky keeps electing him.

kmaclam wrote:

I'm with you tough guys. No eff'in mask here neither. Freedom isn't free!!!! USA! USA! USA! Only snowflakes wear masks. Masks are for wussies. And I'm not even a cover denier!

No, you are just a harmless turd.

Hate masks with firey passion wrote:

comedyre1i3f wrote:

After he blatantly lied about the effectiveness about masks early in the pandemic, he lost all credibility.

He is also blatantly lying about the effectiveness of current vaccines against variants.

Now THAT irony is rich.

I know how escrow works wrote:

Sorry, but I wasted a few minutes of my life reading through the article. Can you find the part where Fauci says we have to wear masks forever?

From what I can gather, he's saying that there are still variants out there. Plus, not everyone is vaccinated yet. Plus, you still may spread it even while vaccinated. Once a high enough percentage of the population is vaccinated, and once we get a handle on how bad/not bad these variants are, we can do away with masks everywhere.

It's really not that big of a deal to wear a mask while in public and around other people. It's such a small inconvenience to you and adds some degree of protection for those around you. I don't know what your problem is. Oh, what, yes I do. You're an a$$hole.

It's even worse because Rand Paul wasn't complaining about being forced to wear a mask, he was complaining about Fauci wearing (two) masks.

Apparently we've moved past "everybody should have the freedom to chose how to protect themselves" to shaming the folks that still want to wear a mask.

Ten days to go.