Covid-2019 - 2022-12-11

In "Recommended Reading," the New York Times runs a shameless autohagiography by Dr. Anthony Fauci. One especially galling element his self-nomination for sainthood for saving the world from HIV-AIDS (the Dallas Buyers' Club would disagree as to his true role). And, of course -- you knew he was going to say this -- he writes, "our fight against Covid-19 has been hindered by the profound political divisiveness in our society. In a way that we have never seen before, decisions about public health measures such as wearing masks and being vaccinated with highly effective and safe vaccines have been influenced by disinformation and political ideology." In other words, disagreement as to public policy -- the very core of the job of politics -- is an unacceptable interference with the preconceived notions of the bureaucrats who carry it out.