FAUCI FINALLY REVERSES COURSE, AGREES KEEPING SCHOOLS CLOSED DURING COVID WAS "MISTAKE"

Dr. Anthony Fauci, a top adviser to two presidential administrations during the COVID-19 pandemic, reversed course in a Tuesday interview and agreed that shutting down schools for more than a year due to the virus was a “mistake” — while also arguing the initial decision to close classrooms was correct.

“Keeping it for a year was not a good idea,” the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) told “CBS Mornings” co-host Tony Dokoupil while talking about his new memoir “On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service.”

“So, that was a mistake in retrospect?” Dokoupil asked. “We will not repeat it?”

“Absolutely, yeah,” Fauci responded. MORE AT Dr. Anthony Fauci finally reverses course, agrees keeping schools closed during COVID was 'mistake' (nypost.com)