Originally Posted by
IlPrincipeBrutto
I am putting this here for lack of a better place, and because it's about CoVid anyway.
I am half-way through reading A Plague Upon Our House by Dr. Scott Atlas, and there are a three things that stand out so far.
One, is that the Trump administration seemed to have had a lot of half-calibre figures in key places; President Trump himself seemed to be unaware of how inadequate some of his inner circle was, a weakness that allowed clearly conflicting messages to put out during the first months of the pandemic. And the President's message was not the one winning the argument.
The second, even more interesting feature of the book, is that most of the CoVid Task Force policy and decisions was driven by ... Deborah Birx.
Now, I must confess I had never heard of her name until I opened the book.
I did a quick search on this forum; there are 10 references to her, compared to 211 to Fauci.
Dr. Atlas is relentless in his criticism of Birx, and in making her carrying the Task Force proceedings almost single-handedly.
And yet, she seems to have kept a very low profile, most of the public attention having been captured by Fauci. I find this remarkable.
Third, and last, the book is quite captivating and interesting, but I think it's undermined by the total lack of any notes or references. As in, zero of either. It's a very bizarre choice, especially for an author who is clearly very used to work with scientific papers.
A good read, which I think is going to spring a few surprises for people on both sides of the political spectrum.
IPB