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Anthony Fauci, director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at NIH, testifies at a Senate Health, Education, and Labor and Pensions Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington on Sept. 23, 2020. Graeme Jennings/Pool/Getty Images
“Now is the time to do what you are told,” Dr. Anthony Fauci sternly lectured Americans on Nov. 12. Fauci has good intentions. Behind the imperious tone, he genuinely wants to prevent people from getting sick. But that simple declaratory sentence exposed his belief that “experts” should decide the important issues and the rest of us should obediently go along.
Award-winning author Wesley J. Smith is host of the Humanize Podcast (Humanize.today), chairman of the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism and a consultant to the Patients Rights Council. His latest book is “Culture of Death: The Age of ‘Do Harm’ Medicine.”