Francis Collins, the former Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has come under criticism following his recent comments regarding the federal government's pandemic response. Described as 'horrifying' by critics, Collins admitted that the government's strategy was primarily focused on reducing SARS-CoV-2 infections, without a comprehensive understanding of the socio-economic impacts that could arise from such measures. Critics, including former NIH director Jeffrey A. Tucker and others, have highlighted the lack of remorse shown by Collins for the hardships caused by the COVID-19 response strategies, which included lockdowns. Collins has been accused of being 'brutally wrong' and 'out of touch' during the pandemic, and he himself has confessed that the lockdown damage was 'another mistake we made'. Some commentators are also questioning the accountability of the public health establishment and the media's portrayal of dissenting voices during the pandemic.
This man was the Director of the NIH under COVID listen to what Francis Collins confesses https://t.co/gNus5pSQw7
WATCH: Fauci's COVID Boss, NIH Chief Francis Collins, Confesses Lockdown Damage Was 'Another Mistake We Made'. Read more: https://t.co/FMrYPhekFN "If you're a public health person, and you're trying to make a decision, you have this very narro...
Jeffrey A Tucker takes aim at Francis Collins, the former head of the US National Institutes of Health, for causing widespread hardship in the Covid response and exhibiting no remorse for the devastating consequences. https://t.co/xs0wxHdbNl
It's unbelievable just how out of touch the science & the scientists were during the Covid pandemic. Feat. The Former Director of NIH Francis Collins. https://t.co/zYRW71QZwh
So now that Dr Francis Collins - you know, the former NIH director - has admitted the public health establishment was brutally wrong on Covid, will anyone in the media admit three years later that, well, I was right? I’m not exaggerating. How the @nytimes cast my stance in 2020: https://t.co/f66ktMRPHX https://t.co/MG9Qyr5tXO
Former NIH Director Francis Collins' comments about the federal government's approach to the pandemic response are horrifying. He admits that the focus was narrowly reducing SARS-CoV-2 infections, displays zero understanding of how socio-economic disruption can damage public… https://t.co/ZyIGI8v61K