I've never watched the show in my life, but thanks to the Internet, "The View" can still amuse

never have so many morons been gathered in one spot since joe biden dined alone

Whoopie and her fellow clowns defend Dr. Fauci (and, presumably, Dr. Jill, whom a clueless Whoopie recommended for the position of Surgeon General, describing her as “an amazing doctor.”

Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin also praised Fauci and said that conservatives blamed him for everything they disliked about COVID policies. A former top Trump White House official [which just illustrates what Trump was up against in his war to drain the swamp], Farah Griffin joined her co-hosts in questioning Fauci's critics.

"I think a lot in my party blamed him for everything they disliked about COVID policies. But he’s not an economic adviser. So if you don’t like that states closed down because of COVID or businesses closed down, that was not Dr. Fauci’s, an infectious disease doctor's decision to do that or even things like discussions around masking," she said. (April 7, 2020: Dr. Fauci recommends people wear cloth masks when in public.)

For a trip down memory lane, you may want to read this article from February 2022, 'The View' hosts' most blatant COVID misinformation and panic moments

But you can also choose to stay here, and read what Dr. Fauci himself said about his role in shutting down the country.

October, 2020: Dr. Fauci says he recommended nationwide shutdown to Trump early on

Throughout the last year, many people have looked to Anthony Fauci, MD, for perspective and guidance on the pandemic. As a result, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has been responsible for a handful of tough decisions over the past seven months. Recently, Fauci said that the most challenging decision he had to make during the pandemic was to advise Donald Trump to implement a nationwide shutdown.

On Oct. 6, Fauci took some time to respond to questions from students from his alma mater, the College of the Holy Cross. During the forum, a student asked Fauci about the most crucial decision he had to make during the pandemic, and the critical thought process that accompanied it.

"It was a decision to make a recommendation to the president," Fauci answered. "It wasn't my decision that I could implement." That recommendation was to shut down the U.S. to drastically slow the spread of coronavirus.

According to Fauci, his recommendation was made early on in the pandemic, before the U.S. saw major outbreaks. "When it became clear that we had community spread in the country, with a few cases of community spread—this was way before there was a major explosion like we saw in the Northeastern corridor driven by New York City metropolitan area—I recommended to the president that we shut the country down," said Fauci.

Although the decision was not an easy one due to the economic fallout that would come with it, Fauci ultimately decided it was the only way to contain the spread. "That was a very difficult decision because I knew it would have very serious economic consequences, which it did. But there was no way to stop the explosive spread that we knew would occur if we didn't do that," he said.

As we know now, even after a partial shutdown, COVID has moved throughout the U.S., hitting some areas harder than others. According to Fauci, the virus has continued to spread wildly because the U.S. never fully shut down.

Fauci cited other cities that had more success containing the virus after committing to a complete shutdown. "Unfortunately, since we actually did not shut down completely the way China did, the way Korea did, the way Taiwan did, we actually did see spread even though we shut down."

The article includes a heathy dose of bullshit from Yahoo and “the experts”:

Although advising the president to put the country into lockdown was a challenging decision to make, it ultimately might have saved millions of lives. A study published in July by Social Science Research Network found that the partial shutdown saved between 900,000 and 2.7 million U.S. lives.

By the way, guess which state Fauci was attacking here?

Dr. Fauci Says This One State Is "Asking for Trouble"

As national numbers of new coronavirus cases begin to rise again after a decline in recent weeks, experts have been warning that serious action must be taken quickly to avoid a catastrophic winter. But as many medical professionals sound the alarm, some state officials are making decisions that have the likes of Anthony Fauci, MD, worried. Recently, the nation's top infectious disease expert said one state in particular is "asking for trouble" at one of the worst possible moments: Florida. Read on for more on the Sunshine State's potentially cloudy future, and for the trouble you could be getting in, here's What You're Doing Every Day That Increases Your COVID Risk. (All 24 of the “risks” cited in the article, every single one of them turned out to be bogus – Ed)

During an interview on ABC's Good Morning America on Sept. 28, Fauci candidly discussed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis'sdecision to allow bars and restaurants to welcome back patrons at full capacity across the state on Sept. 25.

"That is very concerning to me," Fauci warned on GMA. "That is something we really need to be careful about because when you are dealing with community spread and you have the kind of congregate setting where people get together, particularly without wearing masks, you're really asking for trouble."