Fauci Reveals What He Got Wrong in Handling COVID-19

White House COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci revealed he should have been “much more careful” in his messaging during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic but claimed many of his public comments were misinterpreted.

“When I go back in the early months, I probably should have tried to be much, much more careful in getting the message to repeat—the uncertainty of what we’re going through,” Fauci said at an event with the University of Southern California’s Center for Health Journalism on Wednesday.

Later, he asserted that many of his comments to the media were taken out of context. Since early 2020, Fauci has given hundreds of interviews to various media outlets.

In the early stages of COVID-19’s spread in the United States, Republicans often criticized Fauci for his often dire predictions. Fauci also repeatedly promoted lockdowns, stay-at-home orders, mask mandates, and vaccine requirements.

“You have to be very careful. It is really unfortunate that that’s the world in which we live, in that it’s a bunch of sound bites, sound bites that sometimes get cut in half and get misinterpreted,” Fauci said Wednesday. “Someone could always make mischief by clipping out a few words.”

Several weeks ago, Fauci announced he would be stepping down as the longtime head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in December. He’s been in charge of that agency since 1984.

“While I am moving on from my current positions, I am not retiring,” Fauci said in late August. “After more than 50 years of government service, I plan to pursue the next phase of my career while I still have so much energy and passion for my field.”

Congress

Republican lawmakers, who are widely predicted to at least retake the House after the 2022 midterms, have indicated they would investigate Fauci and promised more hearings. On

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