Can Fauci be held liable for COVID-19 deaths?

Published September 11, 2021 4:00am ET



Dr. Anthony Fauci is the most recognized medical doctor in America. His near-daily press statements and interviews during the COVID-19 pandemic made people feel he was their personal doctor. There he was, at the podium in the White House, dispensing medical advice for how to avoid COVID-19 and how doctors should treat patients who were infected.

We all remember in March 2020 how he told America that face masks would not help prevent the spread of COVID-19. He specifically said on national TV: “People should not walk around wearing masks.” He later said that he intentionally lied when he told Americans not to wear masks. He justified his lie by saying that masks were in short supply and that he wanted to save the masks for healthcare workers. He later told Americans that they should wear masks to avoid infection.

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