Musk has demanded that Fauci, who led the anti-coronavirus task force, should be prosecuted. The White House spokesman describes the demand as nauseating.
The billionaire who bought Twitter in the US Elon Musk’s speeches infectious disease expert About Anthony Fauci have always aroused disapproval in the highest places of the kingdom.
– These personal attacks are very dangerous. They are nauseating and out of touch with reality, a White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said of Musk’s comments.
Musk wrote on Twitter that Fauci should be prosecuted. Fauci was part of the White House’s anti-coronavirus task force and became known to the public as the face of the country’s corona strategy.
This made Fauci a target in the circles of the far-right who criticized corona measures, whose rhetoric Musk has cultivated.
– Fauci has served under seven Republican and Democratic presidents. We can’t forget it. His work with infectious diseases, from HIV and AIDS to the coronavirus, has saved countless lives, Jean-Pierre said.
During the pandemic, Musk profiled himself as an opponent of corona restrictions, for example at the factories of his car company Tesla. Musk also downplayed the danger of the coronavirus and claimed at the beginning of the pandemic that it would disappear from the United States by spring 2020.