What We Should Learn From the Fall of Anthony Fauci
Six years ago, a Washington, D.C. bureaucrat, Dr. Anthony Fauci, of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)–a key U.S. government research agency–made some bad decisions that contributed to the death of one million people in the USA and and seven million worldwide via Covid-19.
Fauci was exposed as a pompous and dishonest scientist at a recent Senate hearing through his own diaries and refusal to answer questions.
Here’s what we should learn from the fall of Anthony Fauci.
What We Should Learn From the Fall of Anthony Fauci
During Covid, Fauci was the highest paid government worker in the U.S. making $480,000 a year–more than POTUS Joe Biden. He is estimated to have earned up to over 12 million dollars off the public dole over fifty years in government and another eight million from endorsements and speaking engagements.
Here’s what a few lawmakers said about Fauci’s silence on Capitol Hill:
Rep. Ronny Jackson (TX-13):
“Dr. Fauci spent years demanding the American people trust him. Now, when given the opportunity to answer legitimate questions from Congress about his failed leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic, he invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times. Today’s hearing proved what the American people already knew: Fauci is a fraud. The American people are entitled to the truth, and Congress will continue to uncover Fauci’s lies,” said Rep. Ronny Jackson (TX-13).
Rep. Jim Jordan (OH-04), Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary:“Fauci lied to the country for years. He knows it, America knows it, and now he’s taking the Fifth.”
Rep. Diana Harshbarger (TN-01):
“Anthony Fauci’s own diary exposes him for exactly what he is: a man more obsessed with becoming a star than with telling the American people the truth. While families were burying loved ones and closing their businesses, Fauci was hiding the truth and privately gushing about his own fame. Today, under subpoena and sworn oath before the Senate, he had every chance to finally come clean. Instead, America watched him plead the Fifth more than a hundred times rather than answer for it. That’s not a scientist. That’s a fraud who got caught.”
Rep. Michael Cloud (TX-27):Perhaps it should come as no surprise that today Dr. Fauci appeared before Congress and refused to answer a single question. A man unwilling to be honest with the American people during the pandemic was not going to start today. His silence continues to be a loud witness of his inability to show any remorse for the part he played during COVID.”
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers also spoke for many Americans on social media:
“Absolute coward. Are you kidding me? You got a pardon and you plead (the Fifth] over 100 times?” “What are you scared of, Tony? I thought you were the science?”
And Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill:
Fauci lied. Louisiana and Missouri deposed Dr. Fauci. At the time, he claimed to not recall many key details of his own actions and now we are discovering contemporaneous records he kept. Louisiana will join Alabama & Florida in investigating Fauci and whether he committed any other offenses that could be pursued in our State courts.
It is pretty certain that other states will join them. Why?
Because Anthony Fauci:
- Help fund the Chinese Wuhan Lab that leaked (deliberately or accidently) the killer Covid-19 virus,
- Encouraged masks that didn’t work,
- Promoted social distancing on a whim,
- Squelched the views of other reputable scientists,
- Promoted shutting down most small businesses in America (and houses of worship),
- and encouraged school closures for young kids (which Europe and other countries did not do),
Dr. Anthony Fauci just might be the worst bureaucrat in U.S. history.
After assuring the American public that vaccines were safe, he developed a pulmonary infarction in June 2021–a common occurrence among elderly vaccine-takers. But he covered it up and didn’t tell anyone (just his diary).
It’s easy to point fingers at Anthony Fauci. He appears to be a secular narcissist whose actions at the highest levels of government harmed many Americans.
But there are a number of lessons we should learn from his terrible example. All of us as fallen human beings, outside of salvation in Jesus Christ, are prone to make the same insidious sins and mistakes.
Here’s what we can learn from his downfall:
- Honesty and humility are always the best policy. We need to be honest with facts, humble about scientific opinions, and always be seeking the truth. We teach at our university that “the more you know, the more humble you should get.”
- Pride comes before a fall. Anthony Fauci was once one of the most respected leader/scientists in our nation. But like Lucifer, pride got a hold of his heart and led to deception (Obadiah 1:3). He started to revel in his fame and popularity. Some damning excerpts from his personal diary: ‘The nurses went absolutely wild to see me. They were squealing and laughing and clapping. It was something to behold.’” “‘Many print profiles and features on me. Ridiculous. Too many to count.’” “‘I’m such a valued spokesperson and a good communicator.’” Brings to mind a wise admonition found in Proverbs 27:2.
- “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely,” a famous maxim stated by the English historian Lord Acton in an 1887 letter. This was the sin of many bad leaders in history including King Nebuchadnezzar.
- We are held accountable for some sins in this life, but ALL of them in the next. Anthony Fauci may get away with his sins and poor leadership of the Covid-19 epidemic. But he won’t in eternity where God’s complete exposure of reality and perfect justice will be on display. 1 Timothy 5:24 reminds us: “Remember, the sins of some people are obvious, leading them to certain judgment. But there are others whose sins will not be revealed until later.” That includes you and I who often find it easier to point out the sins of others while hiding our own.
What should have Dr. Anthony Fauci have said to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Accountability on July 29? How about something like this:
“I want to ask your forgiveness and of all the American people for lying to you about the Covid-19 virus. I should have been honest and transparent about its origins. I should have been humble and listened to the advice of others about what was best to do for the nation. Instead, my pride and power went to my head and hurt many people.”
Please forgive me for what I’ve done. With a humble heart, I now want to answer all your questions, and learn together with you how we can never let this happen again in the United States of America.”
Humility would have made Dr. Fauci a hero, not a villain.
Same is true for each of us (1 John 1:9).
Confess your faults, even when it hurts.
