{"id":2258124,"date":"2024-06-02T19:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T23:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-admits-6-foot-social-distancing-standard-sort-of-just-appeared\/"},"modified":"2024-06-02T19:12:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T23:12:56","slug":"fauci-admits-6-foot-social-distancing-standard-sort-of-just-appeared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-admits-6-foot-social-distancing-standard-sort-of-just-appeared\/","title":{"rendered":"Fauci Acknowledges Origin of 6-Foot Social Distancing Rule"},"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%2Ffauci-admits-6-foot-social-distancing-standard-sort-of-just-appeared%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=2258124&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--><p>During the\u200b COVID-19 pandemic, \u200dDr. Fauci questioned the \u200bscientific basis of the\u2062 6-foot \u2063social distancing\u200b rule. Fauci, a key advisor to Presidents \u2063Trump and Biden, faced criticism for his pandemic response. \u200dHis closed-door testimony to a subcommittee was later released, with plans for public testimony. Republicans pressed him on the origins of \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gottlieb-vaccines-are-backstop-against-new-covid-19-variants\/\" title=\"Gottlieb: Vaccines are \u2018backstop\u2019 against new COVID-19 variants\">social distancing standard<\/a>. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Fauci raised doubts\u200c about \u200cthe scientific foundation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-discussed-mandates-and-lab-leak-hypothesis-in-second-day-of-interviews-gop-says\/\" title=\"Fauci talks mandates and lab leak theory in second round of interviews, GOP claims\">6-foot social distancing guideline<\/a>. Serving as a prominent \u2062advisor to Presidents Trump \u200cand Biden, Fauci\u2064 was scrutinized for his handling of\u2063 the pandemic. After a closed-door session with a\u200c subcommittee, his testimony was\u200b made public. Republicans questioned him about the origins of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-changes-guidelines-for-schools-says-3-feet-distance-is-acceptable\/\" title=\"CDC Changes Guidelines For Schools, Says 3 Feet Distance Is Acceptable\">social distancing rule<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 6-foot social distancing guideline pushed by public health officials during the COVID-19 pandemic apparently lacked any sound basis in science, according to the testimony of former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-fauci-faces-renewed-criticism-over-past-remarks-about-new-york-serving-as-a-model-for-fighting-pandemic\/\" title=\"Dr. Fauci faces renewed criticism over past remarks about New York serving as a model for fighting pandemic\">chief medical advisor<\/a> to the president Anthony Fauci.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), advised former president Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden on the U.S. response to COVID-19, carrying significant influence over infectious disease policy. Republicans have grown increasingly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/marco-rubio-accuses-dr-fauci-of-lying-about-masks-distorting-herd-immunity-estimates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">critical<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  of Fauci for his handling of the pandemic, accusing him of misleading the American people over the risks of COVID-19 and other issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fauci appeared on Capitol Hill in January to testify behind closed doors to members of the select subcommittee on the COVID-19 pandemic. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability, which oversees the subcommittee\u2019s work, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/covid-select-subcommittee-releases-dr-faucis-transcript-highlights-key-takeaways-in-new-memo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">released<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  transcripts of Fauci\u2019s testimony on Friday. Fauci is expected to return to Capitol Hill on Monday to testify publicly in front of Congress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One line of questioning from the Republican counsel focused on the six-foot social distancing standard. Fauci was asked where the standard \u2013 which was pushed by federal, state, and local officials to slow the spread of COVID-19 \u2013 originated. The former federal health official suggested that the standard was arbitrary without a hard basis in data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYou know, I don\u2019t recall. It sort of just appeared,\u201d Fauci said in response to the guideline\u2019s origins. \u201cI don\u2019t recall, like, a discussion of whether it should be 5 or 6 or whatever.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In response to a question if Fauci had seen any studies supporting the six-foot standard, Fauci responded in the negative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI was not aware of studies that in fact, that would be a very difficult study to do,\u201d Fauci said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Also in his testimony, the GOP counsel <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fauci-cant-name-one-study-to-support-child-masking-before-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">asked<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  Fauci if he had seen evidence to support the masking of children while such policies were being implemented across the U.S. and encouraged by health officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYou know, I might have, Mitch, but I don\u2019t recall specifically that I did. I might have,\u201d Fauci responded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The U.S. response to COVID-19 has grown increasingly controversial, especially as it related to children and education. The length of school closures seemed to correlate with subsequent drops in test scores, according to data analyzed by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/18\/upshot\/pandemic-school-closures-data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The New York Times<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  earlier this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere\u2019s fairly good consensus that, in general, as a society, we probably kept kids out of school longer than we should have,\u201d pediatric disease specialist Sean O\u2019Leary told the Times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci revealed that the widely promoted 6-foot social distancing rule lacked scientific foundation during the COVID-19 crisis. 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