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By Gabriel Hays , Fox News
September 21, 2022 10:43pm Updated
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Fauci admitted during a three-day convention that the policies would
lead to "collateral negative consequences."
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr.
Anthony Fauci admitted Wednesday that he knew the “draconian” COVID-19
policies he pushed for would lead to “collateral negative consequences”
for the “economy” and “schoolchildren.”
Fauci’s comments came during day one of The Atlantic Festival, a
three-day convention put on by the media outlet The Atlantic featuring
speeches and interviews from prominent members of the media, the
government and political activists.
During the event, Fauci spoke with The Atlantic editor Ross Andersen in
front of a live audience about his experiences as the leading medical
professional working in the federal government during the COVID-19
pandemic.
In one segment of his talk, the doctor spoke about his guidance in
instituting “draconian” pandemic guidance knowing full well there would
be “collateral” damage stemming from it.
Before making his central point, Fauci first blamed the “divisiveness”
of “social media” for turning every piece of his guidance during the
pandemic into a confusing and controversial statement.
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“When you have a divisiveness in society where every time you say
something, you have X number of people with social media looking to
attack it, that adds to the understandable confusion when you’re dealing
with an evolving outbreak,” Fauci stated.
He then justified his harsh COVID guidance, including pushing the
federal government to mandate lockdowns, masking, and later,
vaccination, because hospitals were being “overrun.”
“Of course, when you make recommendations, if the primary goal when
you’re dealing with a situation where the hospitals were being overrun
in New York, intensive care units were being put in hallways, you have
to do something that’s rather draconian,” the doctor admitted.
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He continued, “And sometimes when you do draconian things, it has
collateral negative consequences, just like when you shut things down,
even temporarily, it does have deleterious consequences on the economy,
on the schoolchildren. You know that.”
Fauci confirmed he risked these harms, adding, “But you have to make a
balance when you’re dealing with — we know the only way to stop
something cold in its track is to try and shut things down.”
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