{"id":1141167,"date":"2021-12-22T09:04:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T14:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1141167"},"modified":"2021-12-22T09:04:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T14:04:39","slug":"wsj-slams-fauci-collins-devious-stifling-of-coronavirus-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wsj-slams-fauci-collins-devious-stifling-of-coronavirus-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"WSJ Slams Fauci-Collins Devious Stifling of Coronavirus Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwsj-slams-fauci-collins-devious-stifling-of-coronavirus-debate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1141167&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AP_21146577186433-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> editors published an unusually harsh op-ed Tuesday accusing Drs. Anthony Fauci and Francis Collins of employing underhanded tactics to silence important scientific voices that disagreed with them over the handling of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Citing emails obtained recently via the Freedom of Information Act, the editors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/fauci-collins-emails-great-barrington-declaration-covid-pandemic-lockdown-11640129116?mod=hp_opin_pos_4#cxrecs_s\">declare<\/a> that Drs. Fauci and Collins \u201cschemed to quash dissenting views from top scientists,\u201d in particular the architects of the Great Barrington <a href=\"https:\/\/gbdeclaration.org\/\">Declaration<\/a> that warned of detrimental effects of blanket lockdowns and advocated \u201cfocused protection\u201d for the most vulnerable.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Declaration spelled out the \u201cdevastating effects on short and long-term public health\u201d produced by lockdown policies, including \u201clower childhood vaccination rates, worsening cardiovascular disease outcomes, fewer cancer screenings and deteriorating mental health\u201d and proposed a more targeted approach.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.3561643835616\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sen. Rand Paul publicly scolded Dr. Anthony Fauci for arrogantly presenting himself as a representative of science to deflect from criticism.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DKIsziul1a\">https:\/\/t.co\/DKIsziul1a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1465164419453931522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>An October 2020 email from Dr. Collins to Fauci lamented the popularity of the Declaration (which was co-signed by Nobel Prize winner Mike Leavitt at Stanford) and called for \u201ca quick and devastating published take down of its premises.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The journal notes that the Declaration\u2019s drafters \u2014 Harvard\u2019s Martin Kulldorff, Oxford\u2019s Sunetra Gupta, and Stanford\u2019s Jay Bhattacharya \u2014 were anything but fringe epidemiologists, yet in their crusade to impose a pseudo-consensus Fauci and Collins \u201cused their authority to stigmatize dissenters and crush debate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, replied to Collins, then-director of the National Institutes of Health, that the takedown was underway, the WSJ editors observe, which included a partnership with media to control the narrative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe media cited Dr. Fauci as an unquestionable authority, and Dr. Fauci got his talking points from the media,\u201d the op-ed states. \u201cFacebook censored mentions of the Great Barrington Declaration. This is how groupthink works.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.3458646616541\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dr. Anthony Fauci is a \u201csociopath\u201d and \u201cnarcissist\u201d who deserves to be in jail based on his \u201clie of omission\u201d in January 2020 alone, Peter Navarro told Breitbart News Saturday. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dc6mpS9wcc\">https:\/\/t.co\/dc6mpS9wcc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1462234515724767233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Far from representing \u201cscience,\u201d Fauci has strived to shut down real scientific debate over pandemic policy, working against the public interest, the editors observe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRather than try to manipulate public opinion, the job of health officials is to offer their best scientific advice,\u201d the op-ed concludes. \u201cThey shouldn\u2019t act like politicians or censors, and when they do, they squander the public\u2019s trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tdwilliamsrome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @tdwilliamsrome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wall Street Journal editors published an unusually harsh op-ed Tuesday accusing Drs. 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