{"id":2259343,"date":"2024-06-04T10:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T14:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-admits-there-was-no-scientific-evidence-for-six-foot-social-distancing-rule\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T10:28:35","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T14:28:35","slug":"fauci-admits-there-was-no-scientific-evidence-for-six-foot-social-distancing-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-admits-there-was-no-scientific-evidence-for-six-foot-social-distancing-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"Fauci Acknowledges Lack of Scientific Basis for Six-Foot Distancing Rule"},"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\">20<\/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-there-was-no-scientific-evidence-for-six-foot-social-distancing-rule%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=2259343&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 a\u2062 congressional hearing, Anthony Fauci admitted the\u2063 lack of scientific evidence supporting the effectiveness of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gottlieb-social-distancing-not-based-on-clear-science\/\" title=\"Gottlieb: \u2018Social distancing\u2019 not based on clear science\">social distancing rules<\/a> during the Covid-19 pandemic. He acknowledged that the guidelines\u200b were implemented without substantive data to back their efficacy. \u200cThis revelation follows his previous statements championing social distancing measures despite the\u2064 absence of empirical\u200b support.  <\/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<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>                         <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Anthony Fauci admitted to Congress on Monday there is no scientific evidence to support the Covid-era \u201csocial distancing\u201d rules he advocated for when he was the federal government\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-infectious-disease-expert-says-double-masking-actually-enhances-your-ability-to-get-infected\/\" title=\"Top Infectious Disease Expert Says Double Masking \u2018Actually Enhances Your Ability To Get Infected\u2019\">top infectious disease expert<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It marks the second time the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director admitted to a lack of scientific data that would justify the drastic stay-home orders implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n<p>When pressed on the effectiveness of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-ron-paul-national-bureau-of-economic-research-proves-lockdowns-ineffective-against-covid-19\/\" title=\"Dr. Ron Paul: National Bureau of Economic Research proves lockdowns ineffective against COVID-19\">social distancing mandates<\/a> in this week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/hearing\/a-hearing-with-dr-anthony-fauci\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">congressional hearing<\/a>, Fauci stated, \u201cThere was no clinical trial that proved that. That\u2019s just one of the things that got a little distorted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This comes after Fauci\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Fauci-Part-2-Transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">January interview<\/a> transcript with the\u00a0House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic was released, in which he admitted to championing \u201csocial distancing\u201d without any data to support it as effective in stopping the spread of the virus. \u201cIt sort of just appeared,\u201d Fauci said when asked about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sheriffs-tell-newsom-they-wont-enforce-covid-curfew\/\" title=\"California Sheriffs Tell Newsom They Won't Enforce COVID Curfew\">social distancing guidelines<\/a>. He added, \u201cIt sort of just appeared, that 6 feet is going to be the distance.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>At a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/mntBUWX3gi0?si=zkqybuF5H7EUUbEu&#038;t=1796\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">White House Press Briefing in April 2020<\/a>, Fauci claimed, \u201cViruses transmit from people to people. When people are separated from each other, virus does not transmit; it doesn\u2019t go anywhere\u2026. Every aspect of that, ending the Covid outbreak in 30 days, has some aspect of it of physical separation \u2014 whether that\u2019s avoiding crowds, whether that\u2019s\u00a0staying six feet away from people \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fauci continued the unscientific claim in July 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/cnap\/date\/2024-06-03\/segment\/01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">saying<\/a>, \u201cTransmission is respiratory route direct person to person, usually in close contact, which is the reason why we ask that people\u00a0maintain a six-foot distance.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Scott Jensen, a physician and former Republican state senator from Minnesota, said on X, \u201cI was vilified, investigated, and persecuted because I had the audacity to say the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-finally-admits-what-everyone-already-knew-about-6-feet-covid-rule-in-humiliating-testimony\/\" title=\"Fauci Acknowledges Truth About 6-Feet COVID Rule in Testimony\">6 foot distancing rule<\/a> was not based on prevailing science.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I was vilified, investigated, and persecuted because I had the audacity to say the 6 foot distancing rule was not based on prevailing science. But some goofball out there said \u201cfollow the science,\u201d and the world went stupid! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0PfKD83CN6\">https:\/\/t.co\/0PfKD83CN6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Jensen (@drscottjensen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drscottjensen\/status\/1797360579327193505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Fauci was widely regarded by\u00a0Democrats and the media as the embodiment of science. Those who disagreed with him were \u201creally criticizing science because I represent science,\u201d he said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/facethenation\/status\/1465003501541597191?s=46&#038;t=TwoEINklYMbzeaXV9O0wPA\">interview<\/a> in November 2021.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Arianna Villarreal is a summer intern at The Federalist. She is a junior at Southern Methodist University majoring in Economics and International Studies.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-image data-amount=\"5\">\n<h2>Popular<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During Monday&#8217;s congressional testimony, Anthony Fauci conceded the absence of scientific proof backing the Covid-era &#8220;social distancing&#8221; guidelines he previously endorsed. This is the second instance where the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases admitted to the dearth of supporting scientific evidence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3178,"featured_media":2259344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-03-at-10.55.18-PM.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2259343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-03-at-10.55.18-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2259343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2259344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2259343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2259343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2259343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}