Well that was sarcasm on my part, but the chip he has on his shoulder came from somewhere. How arrogant do you have to be to claim that you are science? Funny you think he bitched slapped Paul, while Paul is not my favorite politician and you could argue his tone, he easily pierced Fauci's thin skin. He definitely hit a nerve and Fauci refused to answer the legitimate questions (or straight up lied) and instead lashed out at the congressman. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. I don't doubt that Fauci is maybe a great researcher, but he's a horrible policy maker and spokesperson. Repeating myself, I was OK with him having a seat at the table he just should have never been driving the bus. He should have never been let out of this lane. What he allowed to happen to our kids is unforgiveable.
Like I said I was a fan of Fauci's and even defended him after several mistakes rationalizing that he made decisions in good faith, but was just naive. (Ask GraceT). Unfortunately, he let the power get to him and he "jumped the shark". But again we are both shaped by our paradigms and the scientific community is very good at "circling the wagons".