{"id":185899,"date":"2021-03-01T21:15:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T02:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=185899"},"modified":"2021-03-01T21:15:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T02:15:12","slug":"fauci-says-noems-cpac-comments-not-really-helpful-warns-about-potentially-more-dangerous-variants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-says-noems-cpac-comments-not-really-helpful-warns-about-potentially-more-dangerous-variants\/","title":{"rendered":"Fauci Says Noem\u2019s CPAC Comments \u2018Not Really Helpful,\u2019 Warns About Potentially \u2018More Dangerous\u2019 Variants"},"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\">28<\/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%2Ffauci-says-noems-cpac-comments-not-really-helpful-warns-about-potentially-more-dangerous-variants%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=185899&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\/03\/Anthony-Fauci.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci suggested that South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem was playing to the crowd when she criticized him over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci appeared on CBS\u2019s \u201cFace The Nation\u201d with host Margaret Brennan on Sunday to respond to Noem, who took a shot at him in a Saturday speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that took place in Orlando, Fla., over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Noem, a Republican, has touted her state\u2019s response to the coronavirus pandemic and argued against heavy-handed lockdown policies pushed by Fauci and others. During her CPAC speech, Noem told the crowd, \u201cI don\u2019t know if you agree with me, but Dr. Fauci is wrong a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, characterized Noem\u2019s comments as \u201cunfortunate\u201d and \u201cnot really helpful.\u201d He went on to say that criticizing him would land a \u201cstanding ovation\u201d at the conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, it\u2019s unfortunate, but it is not really helpful because sometimes you think things are going well and just take a look at the numbers. They don\u2019t lie,\u201d Fauci said. \u201cWe see, Margaret, what happens when you pull back prematurely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Noem governed her state with a relatively light touch during the pandemic, using hospital capacity as a metric for when to institute emergency orders restricting residents. South Dakota currently boasts one of the smallest unemployment rates in the country at 3.7%, tied for <a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/interactive\/economy\/state-unemployment-rates\/\">fourth<\/a> with Vermont. South Dakota ranks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/other\/state-indicator\/confirmed-covid-19-cases-and-deaths\/?currentTimeframe=0&#038;sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22COVID-19%20Deaths%20per%201,000,000%20Population%22,%22sort%22:%22desc%22%7D\">eighth<\/a> nationally in the number of deaths from COVID-19 per capita.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci continued, cautioning Americans of new variants of the disease that \u201care maybe even more dangerous\u201d than the predominant strain of the coronavirus. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fauci-floats-masks-and-social-distancing-into-2022-even-with-vaccine\">Fauci<\/a> has said that Americans may need to wear masks and social distance well into 2022 despite effective vaccines against COVID-19 currently inoculating millions of Americans against the disease.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, you\u2019re going to have individual instances of situations where people may not have and didn\u2019t see a rebound right away, but you\u2019ve really got to be careful, particularly now that we have variants in this country that seem to spread more efficiently, and are maybe even more dangerous in regard to pathogenicity,\u201d Fauci said. \u201cSo I\u2019m sure that, you know, you can get a standing ovation for saying I\u2019m wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FAUCI REACTS: Dr. Anthony Fauci responds to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/govkristinoem?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@govkristinoem<\/a>&#8216;s criticism at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CPAC?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CPAC<\/a> that the veteran medical expert is &#8220;wrong&#8221; on hospital capacity and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> caseloads:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s unfortunate but it&#8217;s not really helpful\u2026 just take a look at the numbers they don&#8217;t lie.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y9Xz30lsr0\">pic.twitter.com\/y9Xz30lsr0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaceTheNation\/status\/1366052103035252742?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During her speech, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gov-kristi-noem-fauci-is-wrong-a-lot\">Noem<\/a> defended her record on the pandemic and took shots at Fauci for pushing policies that the South Dakota governor said were largely unnecessary in her state.<\/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 added.<\/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. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci suggested that South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem was playing to the crowd when she criticized him over the weekend. 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