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From masks to school closures to preexisting immunity, Fauci’s advice appears to change to suit the moment.
When Dr. Anthony Fauci argued earlier this month that the massive Democratic stimulus bill was key to getting schools reopened, it wasn’t the first time the superstar doctor had gone back on his own advice.
In late November, speaking to ABC News’ Martha Raddatz, Fauci urged the resumption of in-person education for children.
“The default position should be to try as best as possible within reason to keep the children in school, or to get them back to school,” said the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
The reopening of schools, Fauci emphasized, could be accomplished with little risk.
“If you look at the data, the spread among children and from children is not really very big at all, not like one would have suspected,” he said. “So, let’s try to get the kids back.”
But within a few short months, Fauci’s position had undergone notable change. Reopening schools was now contingent on passage of the legislative centerpiece of the Biden administration’s domestic agenda, a colossal, $1.9 trillion Covid relief package.
“The schools really do need more resources,” Fauci told George Stephanopoulos on Feb. 14. “And that’s the reason why [the $1.9 trillion] that we’re talking about getting passed, we need that,” he continued. “The schools need more resources.”
