You can observe the difference in how resilient such a position is against political games and maneuvering, compared to a position that is based in subjective or differences of opinion-based matters (where the each side may have legitimate claims that have to be weighed).
When some issue draws heavily on subjective factors, you play games like this and you will lose against people who are more politically skilled than you.
But in this case, right makes might. I love it.
I follow right wing groups to understand the cognitive structure they use to understand the world and new events, and they're currently comparing him to Josef Mengele.
I don't know what the opinions of these groups are that you mention, but in this case they sound fringe to the point of being ridiculous. I hope. I really hope.
Btw, is there somewhere (non-gross) to read about such theories being circulated? Maybe my deeper interest is, what does someone's life have to be like to be receptive to these kinds of ideas? And how do we fix it?
From the article:
> “Ultimately, it hurts the president to do that,” Fauci told The Atlantic in a series of interviews this week. “When the staff lets out something like that and the entire scientific and press community push back on it, it ultimately hurts the president.”
Here is an op-ed from a top level cabinet official coming straight at him. Specifically stating Dr Fauci has been wrong at every major call.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2020/07/...
As with everything, it would seem that the truth is somewhere in-between.
Skepticism seems to be the order of the day
I hate this sentiment. I agree it's largely true, but it makes a large difference whether that `correct point' is halfway in between or 95% on one side.
Whether your intention or not, naively suggesting the truth is in the middle without any further clarification comes across as a cheap political ploy.
The only claim that wasn't refuted in the links was the Henry Ford Hydroxychloroquine study. Here's more context on that: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/07/navarro-doesnt-give-full-p...
And then there's the misinterpretations of "lack of evidence" and hindsight bias.