On Being Wrong: The Expertise Of Dr. Fauci Versus The Authoritarianism Of President Trump

Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling It is hard to be an expert in an age of conspiracy theories and hoaxes, and where opinions matter more than the facts. It is more dangerous to be right when you are answerable to what critics would call an authoritarian leader. As President Donald Trump and others try to discredit and purge the nation’s top expert on infectious diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci, with the White House saying he is an “alarmist” who has “made a lot of mistakes,” the reality and seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic proves otherwise. Indeed, Dr. Doom-as the president and critics like to call Dr. Fauci-has been right all along, with the president and his loyalists wrong all...