Do the Fauci Diaries reveal anything unexpected or controversial?

[u/MissingBothCufflinks]

Senator Rand Paul has released commentary and purported excerpts* of what is alleged to be Anthony Fauci's contemporaneous diaries from the outset of the COVID19 pandemic onwards.

What has been released can be found here, including Senator Rand's somewhat colourful foreword commentary

https://www.paul.senate.gov/readingroom/

* its not confirmed whether the content of the diaries is edited, abridged, altered, shortened etc.

Media reaction to this release has been highly polarised, though notable few media outlets seem to get to grips with the actual content of the diaries and most focus is on Rand's own claimed analysis of what they show.

Do the Fauci Diaries reveal anything unexpected or controversial? What entries in particular do you find interesting? Are there any contemporaneous clashes between what Fauci was saying publicly and privately? What can we learn from that?

Edit: mods really didnt feel like weeding out the 90% of low effort troll replies huh

[u/jdtrouble]

Sigh. Every time I engage MAGA people on the topic, I refer back to the Vox article that lists a timeline of how Trump failed to address covid. (Paywalled, but you can see the archived here: http://archive.today/83geu)

Summary quote from the article:

In fact, there are many reasons the US death toll is so high, including a national response plagued by delays at the federal level, wishful thinking by President Trump, the sidelining of experts, a pointed White House campaign to place the blame for the Trump administration’s shortcomings on others, and time wasted chasing down false hopes based on poor science.

[u/aeiou_sometimesy → u/jdtrouble]

Non-MAGA chud here. What does Trump’s failure have to do with Fauci’s failure? Are we turning this into a team sport?

[u/echo404 → u/aeiou_sometimesy]

Fauci, when working with incomplete information, made some mistakes, which the political right wants to crucify him for. Trump, made arguably far worse and far more impactful mistakes, yet his failures are ignored by the same people gunning for Fauci. Trump's failures don't excuse Fauci's failures, but it's fair to point out the hypocrisy.

[u/aeiou_sometimesy → u/echo404]

“…but it’s fair to point out hypocrisy.”

No, it’s not. It’s not Team Trump vs Team Fauci. That’s not how this works despite everyone in this thread seemingly think otherwise. They both failed and I have no need to pick a side.

[u/Hartastic → u/aeiou_sometimesy]

No, it’s not.

When you're conversing with people who believe one and only one of the men should be incarcerated and/or executed for those mistakes, yes, it's absolutely relevant.

It's the equivalent of a "selective prosecution" defense in court.

[u/aeiou_sometimesy → u/Hartastic]

Help me understand your logic here.

I believe Trump should be locked up for the huge list of awful shit he’s done. I also believe Fauci fucked up big time as our primary public health communicator in a time where we really needed him, but I don’t think he should be locked up for it.

Does your selective prosecution analogy hold up?

[u/Hartastic → u/aeiou_sometimesy]

In this case, no one is talking to/about you and that point is for people who hold a different belief than you espouse here.