Who is Anthony Fauci?

Anthony Fauci, in full Anthony Stephen Fauci, (born December 24, 1940, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.), American doctor and scientist who, as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID; 1984– ), played a key role in diagnosing and treating a number of contagious illnesses, notably AIDS and COVID-19.

Did Americans mistrust Dr Fauci?

Might Americans have mistrusted Dr. Fauci not only because of nefarious political forces but also because he gave them reason to believe that something was amiss in the citadels of science? Instead it was often implied, even by Dr. Fauci himself, that people just don’t understand how science works.

When did John Fauci become a doctor?

Fauci graduated first in his class in 1966, and he subsequently completed his residency at New York Hospital–Cornell Medical Center. In 1968 Fauci joined the National Institutes of Health, where he focused on infectious diseases. While at the NIH, he also began working at the NIAID, serving as chief (1980– ) of its Laboratory of Immunoregulation.

Was Dr Fauci a victim of our polarized era?

But however much truth there is to the story that Dr. Fauci was a victim of our polarized era and broken media environment, it is also partial and simplistic. It amounts to insisting that skepticism of the good doctor must have been everyone’s fault but his own.