Fauci Okayed Campaign Rallies, Cruise Ships for Healthy on March 9

by John Nolte

On March 9, Dr. Anthony Fauci told the country it was perfectly safe for healthy Americans to take a cruise and to hold campaign rallies.

Speaking at a White House briefing on March 9, Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, told the world — on March 9! — that “if you are a healthy young person, there is no reason if you want to go on a cruise ship, to not go on a cruise ship.”

He went on to say that “if you have … an individual who has an underlying condition, particularly an elderly person who has an underlying condition, I would recommend strongly that they do not go on a cruise ship.”

When asked if Trump should continue his campaign rallies, Fauci told the world, reassuringly: [emphasis added]

You know, I can’t comment on campaign rallies. It really depends. We are having as we all said — this is something in motion. This is an evolving thing. So I’m not sure what we’re going to be able to say at the time we’re going to have a campaign rally. If you’re talking about a campaign rally tomorrow, in a place where there is no community spread, I think the judgment to have it might be a good judgment. [But] if you want to talk about large gatherings in a place you have community spread, I think that’s a judgment call, and if someone decides they want to cancel it, I wouldn’t publicly  criticize them.

Read that again. It’s not a typo. As late as March 9, Fauci said it was “good judgment” to hold a campaign rally where there’s no sign of community spread.

“Good judgment!”

On top of that, when it came to holding a crowded event in a place where there is community spread of the coronavirus, all he said is that’s a “judgment call,” and he would not criticize them if they canceled.

So… On March 9, the same Dr. Anthony Fauci, who on Sunday accepted the premise he was one of the heroes urging Trump to “recommend social and physical distancing guidelines” all the way back in mid-February — is the same Dr. Anthony who was giving Americans a thumbs up, not just to take a cruise, but to hold and attend campaign rallies.

Here’s his full answer on the cruise question:

I think if you’re a healthy young person that there is no reason; if you want to go on a cruise ship, to go on a cruise ship. Personally, I would never go on a cruise ship, because I don’t like cruises. But [laughs at own joke] that’s another story. But the fact is, if you have the condition that I’ve been speaking about over and over again to this group, namely an individual who has an underlying condition, particularly an elderly person who has an underlying condition, I would recommend strongly that they do not go on a cruise ship.

full story at https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/13/nolte-fauci-okayed-campaign-rallies-cruise-ships-healthy-march-9/