He kept raising the bar - from 60 percent to 70 percent to 75 percent to 80 percent, to 85 percent.Īpparently, Fauci feared a lower figure, even if accurate, might lull people into complacency about getting inoculated.įauci also fudged about his own role in routing U.S. But he argued that he lied so the public would not make a run on masks, deplete the supply and thus rob medical professionals of protective equipment.įauci also told “noble” lies about the likely percentage of the public needing to be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity. Fauci misled the country about mask-wearing during the pandemic by claiming they were of little use. Anthony Fauci, our point man on the COVID-19 epidemic. A majestic fiction, he says, could sometimes serve society by persuading uninformed citizens of something good for them.Įver since, many prevaricators have used the excuse that they lied for the common good.
In a controversial passage in Plato’s “Republic,” Socrates introduced the idea of the “noble lie” (“gennaios pseudos”). Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary of homeland security.
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