Dr. Anthony Fauci: The Real-Life Superhero Who Literally Has Saved Millions of Lives

The Tight Rope

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Society & Culture

5 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Anthony Fauci, M.D. delivers a prescription of hope in the midst of this global pandemic and sets the record straight after getting name-checked twice during the presidential debate. Plus, Office Hours is in session as Cornel West and Tricia Rose check in on our collective and personal mental health. Producer's Note: This was recorded a few hours before it was revealed that President Trump tested positive for COVID-19. Mental Health Resources: For crisis counseling and support related to COVID-19, call the Disaster Distress Helpline (1-800-985-5990) or text TalkWithUs to 66746. For those experiencing a suicidal crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255), or text HOME to 741741 for the Crisis Text Line. Assistance is also 24/7 through that Lifeline and their website suicidepreventionlifeline.org. Folks can also call the NAMI Helpline at 800-950-NAMI. Or in a crisis, text "NAMI" to 741741. Learn more at https://www.thetightropepodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetightropepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetightropepod Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thetightropepod Creator/EP: Jeremy Berry EP/Host: Cornel West EP/Host: Tricia Rose Producer: Allie Hembrough Producer: James Artis Beats x Butter (IG: @Butter_Records) #TheTightRope #CornelWest #TriciaRose #DrFauci #Fauci #Coronavirus #COVID19 #Trump #Biden

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0:00.0	This will end.
0:01.8	We don't want people to think that it's in despair.
0:06.1	If it's never going to end, we're always going to be this way.
0:08.5	We might as well just go out and do what we want to do.
0:11.2	We have vaccines that look quite promising in the sense of by November or December,
0:18.6	we likely will know whether we have a safe and effective vaccine.
0:23.7	We are witnessing America as a failed social experiment.
0:31.2	How do we tell this story in a way that builds the kind of emotional momentum,
0:35.7	the colorblind ideology built?
0:38.4	No many young brothers and sisters of the younger generation find themselves so far removed
0:44.0	in the best of their past.
0:46.0	What are we going to make out of the nothing we've been given?
0:50.2	How do you envision possibility?
0:55.9	Hello, everyone. Welcome and thank you for joining us on the tightrope.
1:01.0	This is a place where we engage in tough and ever tougher issues and try to have a serious
1:06.6	dialogue and keep our balance. I'm Tricia Rose and I'm here with my dear friend and co-host,
1:12.9	Dr. Cornell West, and we have an extremely busy guest with us today. His time is not only limited,
1:20.3	but it's exceptionally precious. So we're going to dive right in. We do want to say how much
1:26.1	gratitude we have for him joining us.
1:28.5	We're actually still a little amazed that he's joining us at all.
1:31.7	We have Dr. Anthony Fauci with us, who has become a household name in the past six months as director of NIAID.
1:40.0	That's the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the federal agency called the NIH.
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