This, then, is the life of Dr. Fauci, who has had more than his fair share of slings and arrows directed at him personally.
Listen to this podcast episode from The Daily: “We Need to Talk About Covid, Part 2: A Conversation with Dr. Fauci.”
Dr. Fauci carefully measures his words and also corrects the moderator when he interprets what he has just said in an inappropriate way. Fauci has learned from two years of experience about how preciseness is important to what he says. You won't catch him saying something like, “We are out of the woods.”
My only commentary on the topic is that I have heard other medical personnel and scientists speaking hopefully about how “the worst is over” and “after omicron we are likely to be on a better path forward.”
My caution is that much of the world is still unvaccinated. There are plenty of breeding grounds available for the virus to mutate again, and in a much more deadly way. Fewer cases perhaps, but maybe more deaths?
I’m an optimistic pessimist. It isn’t over until it is over, and it isn’t over yet.
