{"id":4232,"date":"2026-08-08T18:48:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4232"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:48:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:48:50","slug":"stephen-a-smith-goes-off-on-anthony-fauci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4232","title":{"rendered":"Stephen A Smith Goes Off On Anthony Fauci"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith unloaded on Dr. Anthony Fauci, demanding public accountability for pandemic guidance that he says nearly cost him his life.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4226\">Mitch McConnell Discharged Following Lengthy Hospitalization<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Smith stopped short of calling for prison time in a video posted to his X account. He argued instead that the former health official deserved public shame.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe this man at 85 years of age should be thrown in jail,\u201d Smith said in the video. \u201cBut do I think that he should be embarrassed for the self-adulation that he engaged in? You damn right I do.\u201d <strong>(RELATED: Anthony Fauci Pleads The Fifth During Highly Anticipated Hearing)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Smith questioned whether the recommendations Americans followed ever rested on solid footing. He said some of Fauci\u2019s instructions ran counter to science even as Fauci presented them as science-driven, faulting mask requirements, six-foot distancing rules and the shuttering of businesses forced to enforce mandates.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4222\">Another Career Criminal Assaults Woman In Same City Where Iryna Zarutska Was Killed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The commentator then recounted his own ordeal. \u201cI took the vaccine and I took a booster and I wore masks and we were told, \u2018Hey, you ain\u2019t going to get COVID if you do that.\u2019 and I got COVID and damn it, it almost killed me,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p>Smith described a hospital stay that began roughly 90 minutes before the ball dropped on New Year\u2019s heading into 2022. Doctors diagnosed double pneumonia after more than three weeks of treatment and warned that his family might need to be called if an antibody drug and a steroid failed to work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooks that bad, but we should know in 3 hours,\u201d Smith said, recounting the doctor\u2019s words. He credited his survival three hours later to divine intervention, saying the wait felt like the longest of his life because he believed the end had come.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4220\">Connecticut Tried To Punish Florida-Based Gun Company. It Didn\u2019t Go Well.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Smith closed by saying he had done exactly what Fauci urged the country to do.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_3 --> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN\u2019s Stephen A. 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