{"id":180064,"date":"2021-02-28T10:25:59","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T15:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=180064"},"modified":"2021-02-28T10:30:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T15:30:40","slug":"gov-kristi-noem-fauci-is-wrong-a-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-kristi-noem-fauci-is-wrong-a-lot\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Kristi Noem: \u2018Fauci Is Wrong A Lot\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fgov-kristi-noem-fauci-is-wrong-a-lot%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=180064&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\/02\/noem-2.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem says her state did a good job dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and said the nation\u2019s lead immunologist, Dr. Anthony Fauci, \u201cis wrong a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn South Dakota, I provided all of the information that we had to our people, and then I trusted them to make the best decisions for themselves [on how to prevent the spread of the virus] for their families and in turn their communities,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe never focused on case numbers. Instead, we kept our eye on hospital capacity. Dr. Fauci told me that I would have 10,000 COVID patients in the hospital on our worst day. On our worst day, we had a little over 600. I don\u2019t know if you agree but, Fauci is wrong a lot,\u201d Noem said.<\/p>\n<p>Back in March, Fauci said \u201cthere\u2019s no reason to be walking around with a mask.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re in the middle of an outbreak, wearing a mask might make people feel a little bit better and it might even block a droplet, but it\u2019s not providing the perfect protection that people think that it is,\u201d the doctor&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/preventing-coronavirus-facemask-60-minutes-2020-03-08\/\">said<\/a>&nbsp;on CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>But the response to the virus has been evolving since then. Soon after Fauci made his comments, experts \u2014 including the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) \u2014 said Americans&nbsp;<em>should<\/em>&nbsp;wear masks, citing estimates that 40% or more of those infected were asymptomatic but could still spread the virus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were not aware that 40% to 45% of people were asymptomatic, nor were we aware that a substantial proportion of people who get infected get infected from people who are without symptoms. That makes it overwhelmingly important for everyone to wear a mask,\u201d Fauci&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/coronavirus-pandemic-09-22-20-intl\/h_bf089a39912dd3b166749c4ba471f143?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+CNN+-+Top+Stories%29\">said<\/a>&nbsp;in September, noting that \u201cthe data now are very, very clear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just last month, Fauci, an immunologist and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who served on President Trump\u2019s White House Coronavirus Task Force and is now President Biden\u2019s chief medical adviser on COVID-19, said wearing two masks is likely more effective than wearing one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have a physical covering with one layer, you put another layer on it, just makes common sense that it likely would be more effective,\u201d Fauci told&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/fauci-says-drop-covid-cases-not-due-vaccine-we-don-n1255505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC News<\/a>&nbsp;on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>During a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Fla., on Saturday, the governor contrasted her response to the pandemic with that of New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo. She cited a November appearance by Cuomo on \u201cThis Week,\u201d in which host George Stephanopoulos asked Cuomo if he had advice for Noem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Stephanopoulos] asked Cuomo to give me advice on how to deal with COVID. Now seems like a good time to remind everyone of what Governor Cuomo was doing in New York,\u201d Noem said, citing the New York governor\u2019s March 2020 order mandating nursing homes accept COVID-positive patients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSix days after that, he prohibited nursing homes from sending COVID patients to the nearby Naval hospital ship or the field hospital \u2014 Both of which were essentially empty,\u201d she said. \u201cEight days after that, the first deaths began to show up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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