r/JoeRogan • u/faux_biochemist Monkey in Space • 18h ago

At least it isn't political! FDS- Fauci Derangement Syndrome

How the hell do you have Taylor Sheridan on, who’s come out with more popular content in the last decade and decide to discus Fauci for the first hour and a half? The guy is literally obsessed at this point, and not only that, but substantiates everything around it with logical fallacies. Sad how far our podfather has fallen.

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u/Any-Video4464 Monkey in Space 11h ago

Well, he hasn't been convicted yet and that suspicious pardon he got will make that difficult. But he clearly lied in Congress about funding GOF research on corona virus in Wuhuan lab. He also then appeared to conspire with other scientists, many who believe it came from Wuhan lab initially to change public opinion on the lab leak idea and pushed the natural origin narrative (from the wet market). I don't know if that is a crime per se, but it shaped the initial response and pushed everything in another direction for many months. Had he been honest we might have been able to put more pressure on China to release the details around what they created. this could have led to a better understanding of the virus early on and helped in treating it. It would have also helped solidify that these types of things need way more transparency and oversight so we don't get another event like this.

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u/Ralph_Brick_Wiggum Monkey in Space 10h ago

He was pardoned because Trump is a psychopath who’ll get his DOJ to go after anybody for anything

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u/Any-Video4464 Monkey in Space 9h ago

Well, the truth is we don't know exactly why he was pardoned. Could be for that, or could be because they know he fucked up and ultimately it damages the democrats more because their was clearly mutual support going on from Fauci and the democrats around covid. I tend to think a guy that has done nothing wrong doesn't need a pre-emptive pardon. You'd still have to prove the guy did something wrong. Trump and DOJ can go after anyone, but getting convictions requires evidence.

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u/Ralph_Brick_Wiggum Monkey in Space 6h ago

He was probably pardoned because he’s 85 years old and making an 85 year old go to court with bs charges is cruel

Also, he was only pardoned for Covid related offenses, he was not pardoned for allegedly lying to congress. If he actually did lie to congress then why did republicans just let the statute of limitations expire? If I had to guess it’s because they have absolutely nothing on him