I have the same problem but fun to drive!
Dr. Anthony Fauci was the highest paid employee in the entire U.S. federal government, with a closing salary of $480,000 a year...big money...more than the president...a 1/2 million dollars a year...he didn’t demand or extort this salary...he was offered this salary...he also netted more income through royalties, speaking engagements, awards, investment gains and royalties from publishing rights…so yes...obviously he made a lot of money...nothing illegal...
Also...since you alluded to what I will call “suspect cash grabs” from Fauci...how about Donald Trump?
I've only had Two Toyotas, first was a 1979 Corona 5 door Liftback, Silver with Burgundy interior, replaced by a 1982 Camry 5 door Liftback, Silver with Grey interior, both were imported direct from Japan, and were attractive and reliable vehicles. Then switched to Aussie built GM/Holden Commodores for several years, not a wise decision in hindsight
I don't see how it could have been handled any worse than it was by Fauci. At a minimum, they should have recognized early on that healthy people were not at significant risk. The resources should have been directed at protecting the elderly and infirmed. But that didn't advance the political objective which was to inflict as much pain on the country as possible for political reasons leading into the 2020 election. So they shut down the entire country.
There is nothing wrong with making money. Trump and his family have legitimate businesses. In contrast, Fauci was a career government employee who somehow made multi-millions off his government salary. Maybe Nancy Pelosi was his broker. Bottom line. Trump's only mistake was relying on Fauci for advice assuming that since his only job was to prepare for a pandemic that perhaps he knew what he was doing.
Don't forget that he was also a "male." In the Dem party, that doesn't mean much since gender is undefined.
At best, Fauci was an incompetent who played the system to make millions. At worst, he was actively involved in the COVID research that resulted in more deaths than Dr. Mengele and the Holocaust and covered it up by politicizing the situation to elect Joe Biden. I don't think he was smart enough to do that, but he clearly was an incompetent. Any child would have concluded that COVID was a novel virus that just about everyone was going to get. The healthy were at almost no risk. The resources should have been directed at the elderly and infirmed and everyone else should have gone about their business. But that didn't suit the desired narrative which was to inflict the most pain on Americans. I have no doubt that certain politicians did not care how many people died if it meant that it harmed Trump's chances in the 2020 election.
While at the doctors yesterday I remembered the forum Shingles discussion, asked for a vaccination which he arranged in a few minutes, couldn't get a flu jab as too early in the season, still Summer here of course. Feeling a bit sore in that arm today, with a slight fever and feeling off generally, but no doubt better than getting shingles again.
100% agree. Would love to dive into this topic, however world peace would be threatened. What got me regarding Covid, was when-ever some medical expert raised a hand and questioned the narrative or simply had a concern they way it was being managed, they got smashed, cancelled, labelled the most disgusting things, threated like dirt and plenty lost their careers in the process..........that fall out continues to this day and the hurt is real......
The shingles vaccine knocked me for a loop for 24 hours. I recall it is now a two shot deal spread apart by a few months. Sore arm and feverish for about 24 hours but like you say better than getting the shingles.
What the government's got from it, was that they can control people and convince them to do almost anything.
Yep, back in 2 months for the 2nd shot. I'm feeling much better now, streaming Grimm series tonight, El Cucuy is one of the best episodes, old lady ripping up the bad guys
