Brian Vastag

This answer by Tony Fauci in a recent @sciencemagazine intervieiw by Jon Cohen is...something.

From the late 80s-on, Fauci repeatedly kneecapped efforts to study ME/CFS at NIH. This has been extensively documented, c.f. the book "Osler's Web."

Now he's saying if he began his career over he'd study...ME/CFS.

It's great he's finally realized the huge opportunity here to help a large group of sick people.

Shame it took him until after retirement to figure it out.

https://www.science.org/content/article/anthony-fauci-becoming-devil-and-warning-his-successor

Oct 5, 2023 at 8:59pmWeb
Show threadBrian VastagOct 5, 2023
I know this interview has been discussed a lot in #ChronicIllness communities but it's absolute Brooklyn chutzhpah for Fauci to claim he was intrigued by the patients he saw at NIH 40 years ago...when he then spent decades blocking efforts to help that group.
Show threadBrian VastagOct 5, 2023
When a friend sent me this interview and then called me for a reaction, I was litearlly speechless. Like, full on blubbery speechelessness.
Show threadApple Annie Oct 5, 2023
@brianvastag My insides are boiling right now. I am anything but speechless, I just have no one within earshot to hear me.
Show threadMast0b1tOct 5, 2023

@brianvastag

โ€œ#๐˜‰๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜น ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜‹๐˜ณ. #๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ช, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ 8, 2020, ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ #๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ #๐˜ˆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ #๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ #๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ."

โ€” page 28 of They Knew ๐Ÿ“– by @sarahkendzior

Show threadMast0b1tOct 5, 2023
@brianvastag "๐˜ˆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, #๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ช ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง-๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ. ๐˜–๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 2021, ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ #๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ #๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ #๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช, ๐˜ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ #๐˜–๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ #๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ช ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ.โ€
Show threadcultdevOct 6, 2023
@brianvastag heโ€™s always been an utterly shameless sack of shit
Show threadApple Annie Oct 5, 2023
@brianvastag @sciencemagazine Shame it took him getting Covid and probably having some lingering issues to realize, oh shit, a rose by any other name.
Show threadcultdevOct 6, 2023
@anniegreens @brianvastag @sciencemagazine 100% spot on
Show threadFrances LarinaOct 5, 2023

@brianvastag

Perhaps he's always been as much a politician as a scientist. Good for one's career, bad for science.

Show threadBrian VastagOct 5, 2023
@Frances_Larina Everyone who runs a large government agency is a politician.
Show threadfstevenchalmers has movedOct 6, 2023

@brianvastag @sciencemagazine

I smell regulatory capture by a special interest. The special interest for ME/CFS is pretty obviously the payers of disability income (national and private) around the globe. My back of the envelope is fair and proper handling of ME/CFS claims which have accumulated over the last 30 years would cost payers in the West at least US$5 trillion. Even the national programs don't have it.

If Fauci suspected, but was constrained, he could speak only after retirement