Fauci’s not done yet
Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 3 November 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Today on “Post Reports,” a conversation with Anthony Fauci. The prominent U.S. infectious-disease doctor is stepping down from the government next month, and he reflects on viruses, vaccines and getting Americans to believe in science again.
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After more than half a century in the government, Anthony Fauci plans to step down next month.
Fauci’s tenure as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases put him on the front lines of the AIDS epidemic, the Ebola crisis, Zika and, of course, the coronavirus pandemic. He’s advised seven presidents. And we wanted to know what Fauci is thinking about as he prepares to leave his job.
We talk about the coronavirus, but also the other viruses that are spreading in the United States and around the world. And we talk about hope, and how to get Americans to believe in science again.
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| 0:00.0 | I remember getting the polio vaccine when the first came out. |
| 0:08.3 | The little sugar cube that you would swallow in your mouth and get the oral polio vaccine. |
| 0:13.8 | I remember that. |
| 0:15.5 | It took place in the gymnasium of my high school in my first year. |
| 0:20.2 | I remember getting vaccinated against smallpox when I went to medical school. |
| 0:25.8 | We practiced on each other and vaccinated each other against smallpox. |
| 0:31.2 | I'll never forget that because you're wondering who the person is just vaccinating you, whether |
| 0:37.0 | they actually know what they're doing, but we were all students so we learned. |
| 0:44.0 | This is a voice that you probably recognize by now that is Dr. Anthony Fauci. |
| 0:49.1 | He has been a familiar presence for the last three years during the pandemic as he's |
| 0:53.4 | led the White House COVID response. |
| 0:57.4 | I also remember very well the feeling of accomplishment. |
| 1:04.8 | I think when I got my first shot of the COVID vaccine, it was a very public affair. |
| 1:11.2 | It was filmed and I was there with the secretary and we all did it together because it not |
| 1:17.5 | only was important to protect me as an individual, but it was also a contribution in my mind |
| 1:25.6 | to the broad effort to get this under control. |
| 1:30.0 | For nearly 40 years, Dr. Fauci has been the director of the National Institute of Allergy |
| 1:35.4 | and Infectious Diseases. |
| 1:37.4 | That means that he's led the country through the AIDS crisis, through Ebola, Zika, and of |
| 1:42.5 | course, now COVID. |
| 1:44.2 | He has advised seven presidents. |
| 1:46.9 | Next month, he is going to retire. |
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