GregV814
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Fauci remembered saying early in the pandemic, when there were only a handful of cases in the U.S., that people didn’t have to alter their way of life. He should have emphasized that the situation “could change rapidly and we need to be prepared,” he said, and critics later seized on his failure to assail him.
Asked if health experts should tailor their public comments to anticipate that their words will be reduced to tiny sound bites “that might stick with people,” Fauci said: “You have to be very careful and think about what your words are.”
“It is really unfortunate, that that’s the world in which we live, in that it’s a bunch of sound bites, sound bites that sometimes get cut in half and get misinterpreted,” Fauci said.
“Someone could always make mischief by clipping out a few words,” he added.
Asked if health experts should tailor their public comments to anticipate that their words will be reduced to tiny sound bites “that might stick with people,” Fauci said: “You have to be very careful and think about what your words are.”
“It is really unfortunate, that that’s the world in which we live, in that it’s a bunch of sound bites, sound bites that sometimes get cut in half and get misinterpreted,” Fauci said.
“Someone could always make mischief by clipping out a few words,” he added.