Some fear that President Trump will sideline Dr. Fauci, an epidemiologist and civil servant who has warned that 100,000 to 200,000 Americans could die from the Covid-19 pandemic.
has been known as the hardest worker in Building 31 — the first scientist to arrive at the sprawling National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Md., in the morning and the last to leave in the evening.
Every time Trump approaches the White House podium to brief the public on the COVID-19 pandemic without Fauci, online spectators and the Washington press corps speculate that he is being sidelined by the administration.Peter Staley“At that point, we’re all screwed,” he added. “He’s got a special skill set that is perfectly matched for this crisis. He’s more experienced with epidemics than probably anybody on the planet.
“He goes his own way,” he said. “He has his own style. But on substantive issues, he does listen to what I say.”Asked why he didn’t speak out when Trump said things that were factually incorrect, Fauci said: “I can’t jump in front of the microphone and push him down.” “In any case, I don’t think we’re in that kind of danger,” Varmus said. “He’s been forward in gently correcting the president without inviting political retribution. He makes it clear that there’s a difference of opinion, and that’s good because the public needs to hear that.”
“He’s not the snooty Harvard professor,” said Staley. “Even though he’s talking very highly complex scientific issues, he’s got a knack for not talking down to people in a room. You’re talking to him, you realize he knows more you, he’s brighter than you. But he puts you at ease. He starts pulling you up at that learning curve.”
As AIDS claimed the lives of thousands of gay men in the 1980s, Fauci drew the ire of activists frustrated by the government’s slow response.
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