I don't consider these things to be equal and opposite. But there is some symmetry in the gap between what certain segments of the public know and the way the law is being enforced.
I don't think Fauci persecution nonsense will help republicans. The most serious charge you can make against the man is that he may have withheld or shaped information.
In a pubic health crisis you are communicating with everyone. Messaging must be simple, clear, trustworthy.
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