STAT+: Fauci speaks, and writes — SkimNews
Get the Health newsletter
Daily health & science — research, biotech, public health, the studies worth knowing. Free.
- Anthony Fauci said Wednesday that Americans have “selective amnesia” about the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Pandemic mitigation measures are viewed through this distorted memory, which Fauci said has changed how Americans think about them now.
- Masking and lockdowns were the two mitigation measures Fauci specifically cited as examples.
Why it matters: Public-health officials and policymakers therefore face a debate distorted by selective memory: Americans’ account of Covid-19 has changed how they judge the two mitigation measures Fauci named, masking and lockdowns. The consequence is disagreement not only over policy, but over the country’s shared account of the pandemic.
Ask SkimNews
