Throughout the Covid epidemic, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci didn’t know what he didn’t know.
Worse, he didn’t care.
Fauci’s Covid “diary” — his musings about his Covid experience — have revealed his epic self-love to the world. But it’s what the diary doesn’t say that’s the real problem.
Fauci effectively ran the response to Covid. He gave advice to Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and governors from both parties almost daily. He was the equivalent of a commanding general during a war, offering not just options but opinions. His media connections made him more influential than even the most powerful general. He could directly tell the public what he thought, giving him immense power.
His diary shows that for three years he happily used that power to push the United States towards the policies he preferred — restrictive Covid rules and aggressive use of mRNA jabs.
Too bad he had no idea if those policies actually worked.
Fauci’s diary reveals his focus on his rising global fame and the opportunities it provided. Alas, he seems to have had far less interest in the science around Covid.
Fauci had just turned 79 when the news of a potential outbreak emerged from China at the start of 2020. For a generation, he had worked mainly as an federal administrator, not a bench scientist or physician. Now he faced a novel coronavirus with a “furin cleavage site,” an unusual and frightening feature.