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Re:The war on disinformation is a war on dissent by chordalkeyboard on Saturday February 06, 2021 @05:39PM (#26050730)
> This is how leadership works when you're not a dictator. It's essentially a never-ending negotiation with a faceless and mercurial second party.

I’ve had leaders that misrepresented facts in order to obtain compliance, as Fauci has, and leaders that were honest with me. I know which I prefer and I know which is considered ethical.

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Re:The war on disinformation is a war on dissent by prox on Saturday February 06, 2021 @06:02PM (#26050950)
What facts where misrepresented? He gave a range of numbers that seemed likely by him.
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Re:The war on disinformation is a war on dissent by chordalkeyboard on Saturday February 06, 2021 @06:49PM (#26051280)
>> “When polls said only about half of all Americans would take a vaccine, I was saying herd immunity would take 70 to 75 percent,” Dr. Fauci said. “Then, when newer surveys said 60 percent or more would take it, I thought, ‘I can nudge this up a bit,’ so I went to 80, 85.”

He’s clearly saying he changed his statement based on the compliance of the population and not medical research. He misrepresented the medical consensus as to what percentage of the population would need to be vaccinated in order to achieve herd immunity.

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