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Two lords of the lockdown era may be overstaying their political welcome.
One shuttered the country and the other campaigned as a shut-in. Two Beltway lifers who promoted the disastrous lockdown policies of the Covid era seem to be on their way out of Washington. And even left-leaning media folk seem ready to see them depart.
The news that Dr. Anthony Fauci will finally end his long tenure running the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is oddly being delivered along with a suggestion that President Joe Biden is also a short-timer.
“Fauci says he will retire from government post by the end of Biden’s term,” is the headline on a Washington Post story. Yasmeen Abutaleb writes:
Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s preeminent infectious-diseases expert who has served as the face of the coronavirus pandemic response for more than two years, will retire by the end of President Biden’s term after more than 50 years in government, he confirmed Monday to The Washington Post.
“By the time we get to the end of the Biden administration term, I feel it would be time for me to step down from this position,” Fauci said.
Fauci’s decision to retire by 2025 was first reported by Politico.
Politico’s Sarah Owermohle earlier reported the news in a way that also suggested Mr. Biden is a one-termer: --->READ MORE HERE
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After White House adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra issued warnings about a new COVID-19 subvariant, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said they are not providing key facts about the latest strain.
“How come the flu vaccine changes every year and they’re not willing to change this vaccine?” Paul told Fox News on Tuesday. “Now, you might have me with an argument. I’ll listen to you if you tell me, ‘We’ve got a new vaccine that actually has something to do with the current virus,'” he said.
It came after Fauci, who has given hundreds of media interviews since the start of the pandemic, told CNN this week that the Omicron subvariant BA.5 is concerning due to its high transmissibility. People infected in the first COVID-19 waves “really don’t have a lot of good protection” against the latest subvariant, Fauci also said at a White House briefing several days ago. --->READ MORE HEREFollow links below to relevant/related stories and resources:
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