I think the administration is so extreme in its extra-constitutional world view that it's actually unethical to work within or support it in any way.
There is no question that Fauci is competent and making the best of a bad situation, but participating in this administration is aiding and abetting it.
Given their willingness to politicize the courts, the justice department, the state department, even the FDA, CDC, and NOAA; not to mention their kangaroo impeachment hearing regarding bribery in Ukraine, it is impossible to justify cooperation, let alone employment.
If more people had done this earlier (most notably the senate), we wouldn't have the loss of life to which we've already consigned ourselves.
That would boil down to "let plenty of people die, at least the administration will look as bad as they are", wouldn't it? I don't think anyone with medical training would subscribe to that.
Why does Fauci resigning mean that? He can create a twitter account, and give the same solid advice he is giving without legitimizing a compromised government.
Also, in the second part of your answer, you seem to agree with me. I am not criticizing meritocracy, but those people who try to get rid of it. And who are now very silent, suddenly.
Dr Anthony Fauci isn’t head of the CDC, and it’s the White House that has taken control of executive narration, hence why the CDC has so few televised statements these last 2 months.
It’s been a persistent theme that if you looked abroad at media and foreign scientific and government announcements, you’d get a pretty good predictor on what your own government might begin to merely signal as precursor weeks from now.
So people have been trying to form fuzzy pictures based on the disorganized interleaving of ad hoc mayors, governors, business leaders, institutions, all making their little ad hoc decisions.
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[ 4.7 ms ] story [ 59.7 ms ] threadI think the administration is so extreme in its extra-constitutional world view that it's actually unethical to work within or support it in any way.
There is no question that Fauci is competent and making the best of a bad situation, but participating in this administration is aiding and abetting it.
Given their willingness to politicize the courts, the justice department, the state department, even the FDA, CDC, and NOAA; not to mention their kangaroo impeachment hearing regarding bribery in Ukraine, it is impossible to justify cooperation, let alone employment.
If more people had done this earlier (most notably the senate), we wouldn't have the loss of life to which we've already consigned ourselves.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
I would argue yes, and that the US has passed it.
Also, in the second part of your answer, you seem to agree with me. I am not criticizing meritocracy, but those people who try to get rid of it. And who are now very silent, suddenly.
Look up Shiva on youtube etc.
It’s been a persistent theme that if you looked abroad at media and foreign scientific and government announcements, you’d get a pretty good predictor on what your own government might begin to merely signal as precursor weeks from now.
So people have been trying to form fuzzy pictures based on the disorganized interleaving of ad hoc mayors, governors, business leaders, institutions, all making their little ad hoc decisions.
This is a defense in fear of Fauci being let go, given the patterns of the administration in many other areas.