Good interview, but Fauci missed some BIG opportunities with softballs that Trevor Noah tossed at him.
He says young people aren’t invulnerable - then minimizes their risk. Instead he talks about how much more dangerous it is for people who are older,and implies that young people who don’t have underlying diseases like diabetes are only going to have mild cases. All he had to do was remind them that yes, a lot of people in their twenties ARE getting very ill, ending up in ICU and ventilators, even if they have better odds of not dying. The social responsibility angle only goes so far.
About hydroxychloroquine: once again, he talks about how safe it likely is, when it’s actually known to be quite toxic with incorrect doses, and can have severe side effects like blindness to boot. It’s not like chugging vitamin C supplements. Plus, even against this virus, it is not a preventative, but potentially useful in fighting the severe pneumonia that can result. His please-wait-for-the-science line isn’t going to convince any of the bozos who think it’s a miracle keeping them out of the ICU.
He didn’t really answer the question about whether the clock starts before people are really separating, though he did say the time frame has been about 8 weeks for China and South Korea.
I kinda wish he had replied “of course” instead of laughing at the very end when Trevor Noah reminded him to wash his hands He should have pulled out a bottle of sanitizer right after his fake cough.
Anyway, excellent questions; that man is a treasure.
