Dr. Anthony Fauci, the longtime director of the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on Sunday responded to claims by GOP Sen. …
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the longtime director of the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on Sunday responded to claims by GOP Sen. Ron Johnson that he “overhyped” the AIDS crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. Johnson, a senator from Wisconsin, made the remark during an episode of Fox News host Brian Kilmeade’s podcast that aired Wednesday, which was also World AIDS Day. “Fauci did the exact same thing with AIDS. He overhyped it,” Johnson told Kilmeade, after claiming that US officials were attempting to use COVID-19 to create a culture of fear. “He created all kinds of fear, saying it could affect the entire population when it couldn’t,” Johnson said without provided examples, according The Advocate.
