Episode Details

Summary: In this special live episode, Jimmy Poesl reacts to Dr. Fauci's Senate testimony, where Fauci repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment despite having immunity and a pardon. Poesl argues safety professionals were unfairly blamed for enforcing pandemic policies they didn't create, damaging trust between workers and safety staff. He critiques how COVID communication ignored established respiratory protection science (NIOSH standards, mask filtration mechanisms) in favor of unproven mandates, and how "zero" safety goals replaced honest messaging about capacity and resilience. Drawing parallels to behavior-based safety failures, he says workers were blamed instead of addressing systemic issues, and perverse incentives discouraged honest COVID reporting on job sites. He contrasts Fauci's evasive hearing with strong crisis communication examples like the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse response. Poesl calls for real accountability—reaching beyond frontline enforcers to those who created and authorized policies—and positions Safety Wars as a platform for honest safety leadership going forward.

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Love is a Safe Workplace (c) Jim Poesl

Don’t Rock the Safety Boat (c) Jim Poesl

Front Page Pulse, Jim Poesl, 6a19097bb3e919218f59a681 (c) Jim Poesl

Safety Professionals, Get Off Your Knees!, Jim Poesl 695f0b5368eab6e0057ca0d6 (c) Jim Poesl

I Can’t Drive 55, (c)2025 Jim Poesl

The Kiss of Safety, (c) 2026 Jim Poesl

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Falling, 25821615, Eric B.

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Music:  Safety Warriors, The Music of Safety Wars Volume 1 (c) copyright 2026 James Poesl

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