Maybe We Can Handle the Truth

If public-health officials had been more careful to qualify their COVID-19 guidance with admissions of what they still didn’t know, we’d all be better off.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks during a Senate comittee hearing in Washington, D.C., July 20, 2021.

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It’s okay to talk to us like we’re ignorant — we are ignorant.

That’s not the same thing as talking to us like we’re stupid.

Kevin D. Williamson

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Kevin D. Williamson

Kevin D. Williamson is a former fellow at National Review Institute and a former roving correspondent for National Review.

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