Marco Rubio Rails Against Fauci, Says He ‘Lied About Masks’ and ‘Distorted’ Herd Immunity

Senator Marco Rubio exposed his complaints on Sunday to the country’s leading infectious disease specialist, Dr. Anthony Fauci.

The Florida Republican criticized the National Institutes of Health (NIH) official, claiming in a tweet that he “lied” about wearing the mask, “distorts” the need for vaccination and is part of a larger conspiracy of elites trying to deceive The americans .

“Dr. Fauci lied about masks in March. Dr. Fauci has distorted the level of vaccination required for herd immunity “, Rubio I wrote. “It’s not just him. Many in the elite bubbles believe that the American public doesn’t know ‘what’s good for them’, so they need to be tricked into ‘doing the right thing’.”

Rather than Rubio alleged was inaccurate or misleading. Your post led to a rapid reaction from Twitter users, similar to the type generated when Rubio and some GOP colleagues received criticism to get COVID vaccines before the first respondents, health professionals and others who are more susceptible to the virus, despite minimizing the pandemic earlier in the year.

The public of the congressman doubts the need to receive the vaccine and its criticism of Fauci came just eight days later Rubio He himself praised the safety and efficacy of the vaccine when it was inoculated at the United States Capitol.

“I am so confident that the vaccine # Covid19 is safe and effective that I decided to take it myself”, tweeted the legislator of the State of the Sun at the time.

Fauci, along with other public health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), urged Americans not to wear masks at the beginning of the pandemic in March. However, the CDC’s guidance was changed in April to recommend the use of facial coverings as more was learned about the highly contagious disease.

Fauci went on to explain in media interviews, his initial reasoning was twofold: wearing masks en masse could create a greater shortage of medical professionals and there was an initial lack of knowledge about how many infected people were asymptomatic.

Like your stance on the masks, Faucithe estimate of herd immunity has also changed over time. He and other health experts raised their estimates from 60 to 70 percent to 75 to 85 percent.

In a recent New York Times interview, Fauci suggested that the move was based on public research that showed more openness to receive the vaccine – and a subsequent willingness for Americans to hear their new estimate – and on the discovery of more transmissible strains.

So much for the Times and in an appearance on CNN on Sunday morning, the NIH official elaborated that his new suggestion that up to 85 percent of vaccination may be needed to obtain collective immunity was based on previous measles outbreaks.

“When you reach less than 90 percent of the population vaccinated with measles, you begin to see an advance against herd immunity,” Fauci said on CNN. “I think we all have to be honest and humble; nobody really knows for sure, but I think 70 to 85 percent for herd immunity for COVID-19 is a reasonable estimate and, in fact, most of my colleagues in epidemiology agree with me. “

Democrats and prominent voices on Twitter ridiculed Rubio for his criticism of Fauci, some more aggressively than others.

“F *cking bull, and you know it, Mario, “wrote Deputy Mark Pocan (D-Wis.).” Remove your head from Trump’s ass, please. Much better air will clear your head. “

Anti-Trump Republicans in Joe Biden’s group questioned why “it has just been@marcorubio did you find the ‘courage’ to attack Dr. Fauci, America’s leading infectious disease specialist, but not the president of the United States who constantly lied to the American people about this terrible pandemic? “