Fact Check: Facebook post gone viral falsely claiming top US physician Dr Fauci is sacked
3 years, 6 months ago

Fact Check: Facebook post gone viral falsely claiming top US physician Dr Fauci is sacked

India Today  

Dr Anthony Fauci, America’s top physician, immunologist and chief medical advisor to the US president, is facing heat for several of his decisions regarding citizen’s health and safety during the pandemic. Recently, Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced the ‘Fire Fauci Act’ in the House of Representatives. Marjorie Taylor Greene and other lawmakers hold a press conference to discuss removing Dr Anthony Fauci as head of the NIAID.” Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene along with a handful of lawmakers announced the ‘Fire Fauci Act ’ which would reduce Dr Fauci’s salary to zero and it would require someone to fill up his position. The ‘Fire Fauci Act ’ which has been introduced in the House of Representatives says, Dr Anthony Fauci has continually failed to provide Americans with accurate information about the Covid-19 pandemic and has shown distrust in the American private sector and American ingenuity.

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Dr. Fauci was hospitalized with West Nile virus and is now recovering at home
4 months ago

Dr. Fauci was hospitalized with West Nile virus and is now recovering at home

Politico  

CBS News’ chief medical correspondent, Dr. Jonathan LaPook, wrote in a social media post that he spoke Saturday with Fauci, who said he was likely infected from a mosquito bite that he got in his backyard. Fauci was hospitalized about ten days ago after developing fever, chills, and severe fatigue,” the post on X said. As chief White House medical …

Why Anthony Fauci approaches every trip to the White House as if it's his last
6 months, 1 week ago

Why Anthony Fauci approaches every trip to the White House as if it's his last

NPR  

Why Anthony Fauci approaches every trip to the White House as if it's his last toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images For much of the past four years, Dr. Anthony Fauci has been the public face of the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic — a status that garnered him gratitude from some, and condemnation from others. On working with President …

Opinion: GOP would rather demonize Fauci than help us survive next pandemic
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: GOP would rather demonize Fauci than help us survive next pandemic

LA Times  

A presidential news briefing during the pandemic, with Dr. Anthony Fauci at right. Ostensibly, the grilling, which was billed simply as “A Hearing with Anthony Fauci,” was the culmination of the committee’s 15-month inquiry into the origins of the virus and the public health response. As the committee’s ranking Democratic member, Rep. Raul Ruiz of Indio, put it in a …

Fauci COVID-19 hearing: ‘You belong in prison,’ Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene fires back at alleged ‘lies’
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Fauci COVID-19 hearing: ‘You belong in prison,’ Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene fires back at alleged ‘lies’

Hindustan Times  

On Monday, June 3, Republicans teamed up to grill Dr. Anthony Fauci in hopes of unravelling his alleged controversial associations with the COVID-19 pandemic and further scrutinising the true origins of the virus that challenged the world. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., holds up a photo as she condemns Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former Director of the National Institute of …

Fauci pushes back partisan attacks in fiery House hearing over COVID origins and controversies
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Fauci pushes back partisan attacks in fiery House hearing over COVID origins and controversies

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert until leaving the government in 2022, was back before Congress on Monday, calling “simply preposterous” Republican allegations that he’d tried to cover up origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. He later invoked a fictional secret agent, decrying a conspiracy theory that “I was parachuting into the CIA like Jason Bourne …

Covid-19 social distancing was not based on scientific data, Fauci admits
11 months, 1 week ago

Covid-19 social distancing was not based on scientific data, Fauci admits

Hindustan Times  

Former White House medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci recently admitted that the Covid-19 pandemic guidelines likely lacked scientific background. The 83-year-old confessed to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on Tuesday that “six feet” social distancing “sort of just appeared.” According to a statement released today from the committee's Chairman, Rep. Brad Wenstrup, Fauci also acknowledged that the …

Fauci flip flops during Congress grilling: Ex-White House doctor ducks more than 100 questions about Covid and admits he approved risky Wuhan coronavirus research proposal without reading it
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Fauci flip flops during Congress grilling: Ex-White House doctor ducks more than 100 questions about Covid and admits he approved risky Wuhan coronavirus research proposal without reading it

Daily Mail  

Dr Anthony Fauci evaded more than 100 questions about Covid, the lab leak theory and his ties to Wuhan during a landmark Congressional hearing Monday. In the past, Dr Fauci has clashed with lawmakers including Sen Rand Paul of Kentucky over his perceived coverup of funding for gain of function research as well as the Covid lab leak theory Republican …

Loved or hated, Fauci’s parting advice: Stick to the science
2 years ago

Loved or hated, Fauci’s parting advice: Stick to the science

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Long before the bobbleheads and the “Fauci ouchie,” Dr. Anthony Fauci was a straight-shooter about scary diseases -- and “stick with the science” remains his mantra. In an interview with The Associated Press, Fauci said he leaves excited by the prospect of advances such as next-generation coronavirus vaccines -- but worried that misinformation and outright lies mark a …

Dr Fauci hits back at Musk claims he should be prosecuted: ‘Cesspool of misinformation’
2 years ago

Dr Fauci hits back at Musk claims he should be prosecuted: ‘Cesspool of misinformation’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On Sunday, Mr Musk, who has increasingly broadcast far right views in recent months, …

Elon Musk, who predicted the Covid pandemic would end in April 2020, suggests Fauci should be prosecuted
2 years ago

Elon Musk, who predicted the Covid pandemic would end in April 2020, suggests Fauci should be prosecuted

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He also wrongfully believed the pandemic would be over within weeks, called public safety …

Anthony Fauci is retiring. His credibility did not survive the pandemic intact.
2 years, 4 months ago

Anthony Fauci is retiring. His credibility did not survive the pandemic intact.

Slate  

After four decades of spearheading America’s responses to infectious disease threats from AIDS to monkeypox, Dr. Anthony Fauci announced on Monday that he plans to step down. Fox News’ Lara Logan compared Fauci to Josef Mengele, the infamous Nazi doctor known as the “Angel of Death.” Republicans in Congress introduced a “Fire Fauci Act” to reduce his salary to zero …

Fauci to step down after decades as top US infection expert
2 years, 4 months ago

Fauci to step down after decades as top US infection expert

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert who became a household name — and the subject of partisan attacks — during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will leave the federal government in December after more than five decades. Fauci became the face of the government response to COVID-19 as it hit in early 2020, with …

Anthony Fauci announces he’ll step down in December
2 years, 4 months ago

Anthony Fauci announces he’ll step down in December

LA Times  

Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical advisor and the nation’s top infectious disease expert, announces he will step down in December. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert who became a household name — and the subject of partisan attacks — during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will depart the federal government in December after more …

Dr Anthony Fauci, face of US pandemic response, to step down
2 years, 4 months ago

Dr Anthony Fauci, face of US pandemic response, to step down

Al Jazeera  

Joe Biden thanks Fauci, the US president’s chief medical adviser, for his decades of ‘dedicated’ public service. Dr Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert in the United States who emerged as the public face of the country’s COVID-19 pandemic response, has announced that he will step down in December. After more than 50 years of government service, I plan …

Dr Fauci, renowned pandemic adviser, tests positive for COVID
2 years, 6 months ago

Dr Fauci, renowned pandemic adviser, tests positive for COVID

Al Jazeera  

Dr Anthony Fauci became a household name for his reassuring and professional presence early in the coronavirus pandemic. Dr Fauci, 81, who serves as chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, tested positive during a rapid antigen test. Fauci, who became the most recognisable public figure working to contain the virus in the early days of the pandemic, and was …

Opinion: What’s behind the attacks on Dr. Fauci
3 years ago

Opinion: What’s behind the attacks on Dr. Fauci

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Sign up to get our weekly column as a newsletter. “During an appearance on Fox News Primetime on Monday, Logan equated Dr. Anthony Fauci – the top infectious diseases doctor in the United States and one of the world’s most respected scientists – with none other than Dr. Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor known as the ‘Angel of …

'Fauci's Emails Has A Lot of Useful Information': Chinese Virologist Who Claimed Covid Leaked from Wuhan Lab
3 years, 6 months ago

'Fauci's Emails Has A Lot of Useful Information': Chinese Virologist Who Claimed Covid Leaked from Wuhan Lab

News 18  

Dr Li-Meng Yan, a Chinese virologist who was among the first to claim that coronavirus had leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan city, said US infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci’s emails prove that she was right all along. Speaking to an American news and opinion website Newsmax, she said Fauci’s emails has “a lot of useful information” which suggested …

Fauci an 'Undeniable Asset': White House Over Covid Lab Leak Emails
3 years, 6 months ago

Fauci an 'Undeniable Asset': White House Over Covid Lab Leak Emails

News 18  

The US’ top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci, who has over the last week been embroiled in criticism of his emails, is an “undeniable asset”, said the White House defending the President’s top coronavirus adviser, media reports said on Friday. “The President and the administration feel that Dr Fauci has played an incredible role in getting the pandemic under …

'Not at all pleasant': Fauci emails shed light on early days of COVID-19 crisis, role in public eye
3 years, 6 months ago

'Not at all pleasant': Fauci emails shed light on early days of COVID-19 crisis, role in public eye

Firstpost  

At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic in February 2020, a seemingly frazzled Fauci wrote in an email: “This is White House in full overdrive and I am in the middle of it” Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr Anthony Fauci has become a high-profile public figure. Here are some of the most interesting emails sent to and …

Emails show Fauci was WARNED at the start of pandemic that COVID may have been 'engineered'
3 years, 6 months ago

Emails show Fauci was WARNED at the start of pandemic that COVID may have been 'engineered'

Daily Mail  

Anthony Fauci was warned that the coronavirus was possibly 'engineered' in a lab before the pandemic started, newly released emails show Leading virus experts were warning Dr Anthony Fauci COVID-19 may have been created in a lab while he publicly played such claims down, newly-released emails show. The emails show Fauci received 'a flurry of correspondence about the theory that …

Anthony Fauci on what the US can learn from Australia's COVID-19 response — and vice versa
3 years, 8 months ago

Anthony Fauci on what the US can learn from Australia's COVID-19 response — and vice versa

ABC  

While the United States likes to describe itself as the leader of the free world, the coronavirus pandemic has hit it just as hard, if not worse, than many developing nations. Dr Fauci contrasted the "inconsistent response" of the United States with that of Australia's tough border and lockdown policy, which has kept the virus largely at bay here. "What …

Trump threatens to fire Fauci in widening COVID-19 rift
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump threatens to fire Fauci in widening COVID-19 rift

Al Jazeera  

Amid rising cases of COVID-19, Dr Anthony Fauci has said the president has ignored his advice for containing the virus. The latest flare-up follows Fauci’s sharpest criticism yet of the White House’s response to the coronavirus and Trump’s public assertion that the country is “rounding the turn”. Fauci added that he believed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden “is taking it …

Trump Hints He Might Fire Fauci After Election As Coronavirus Cases Rise
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump Hints He Might Fire Fauci After Election As Coronavirus Cases Rise

NPR  

Trump Hints He Might Fire Fauci After Election As Coronavirus Cases Rise Enlarge this image toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/AP Kevin Dietsch/AP Updated at 10:15 a.m. ET As the U.S. grapples with a major spike in new coronavirus cases ahead of Election Day, President Trump is suggesting that he might fire the country's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci. Sponsor …

Why Dr Fauci is ’absolutely not’ surprised on President Trump getting Covid-19
4 years, 2 months ago

Why Dr Fauci is ’absolutely not’ surprised on President Trump getting Covid-19

Live Mint  

America's top infectious diseases expert and sidelined White House Covid-19 taskforce member Dr Anthony Fauci said that he was "absolutely not" surprised when US President Donald Trump tested positive for the Covid-19 virus. When asked “Were you surprised that President Trump got sick?”, Dr Fauci told CBS News that he was worried after seeing Trump surrounded by several people not …

Trump Rails Against 'Fauci And These Idiots' In Campaign Call
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump Rails Against 'Fauci And These Idiots' In Campaign Call

NPR  

Trump Rails Against 'Fauci And These Idiots' In Campaign Call Enlarge this image toggle caption Graeme Jennings/Pool/Getty Images Graeme Jennings/Pool/Getty Images President Trump, who has for months been at loggerheads with public health experts on how best to contain the coronavirus pandemic, on Monday called Dr. Anthony Fauci a "disaster" and complained that Americans are tired of hearing from "these …

Fauci debunks Trump’s spin, declares US coronavirus outbreak worst in the world: “Numbers don’t lie”
4 years, 4 months ago

Fauci debunks Trump’s spin, declares US coronavirus outbreak worst in the world: “Numbers don’t lie”

Salon  

Dr. Anthony Fauci has publicly disputed President Donald Trump's repeated claims that his response to the coronavirus pandemic has been among the best in the world. "We're not quite 5% of the world's population, yet represent 20-25% of the world's infections," he said. "It's cases, and we have cases because of the testing," Trump insisted, later adding that the "U.S. …

Fauci Reveals He Has Received Death Threats And His Daughters Have Been Harassed
4 years, 4 months ago

Fauci Reveals He Has Received Death Threats And His Daughters Have Been Harassed

NPR  

Fauci Reveals He Has Received Death Threats And His Daughters Have Been Harassed Enlarge this image toggle caption Erin Scott/Pool via AP Erin Scott/Pool via AP Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday that he has received death threats and his daughters have been harassed as a result of his high-profile statements about the coronavirus pandemic. "Getting death threats for me and …

Anthony Fauci Reveals ‘Serious Threats’ To Himself, His Family
4 years, 5 months ago

Anthony Fauci Reveals ‘Serious Threats’ To Himself, His Family

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Anthony Fauci revealed a chilling personal consequence of his prominence as the nation’s top infectious disease expert during the coronavirus pandemic. Fauci said on Thursday that he’s received “serious threats” to himself, his wife and daughters ― requiring them to have extra security ― because of his public role as director of the National Institute of Allergy …

Nearly 3,500 Public Health Experts Sign Letter Defending Fauci Amid White House Attacks
4 years, 5 months ago

Nearly 3,500 Public Health Experts Sign Letter Defending Fauci Amid White House Attacks

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Nearly 3,500 public health experts sent an open letter to President Donald Trump amid a spate of attacks launched over the last two weeks at Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, calling those seeking to undercut him a “dangerous distraction.” In the letter, which was organized by the Center for Science in the Public …

Trump calls Fauci ‘a little bit of an alarmist’ as coronavirus cases rise
4 years, 5 months ago

Trump calls Fauci ‘a little bit of an alarmist’ as coronavirus cases rise

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump called Dr. Anthony Fauci “a little bit of an alarmist” on Sunday as the coronavirus pandemic worsens and the nation’s top infectious disease expert urges elected officials to implement more health safety measures. “He’s a little bit of an alarmist – that’s OK.” Trump in the interview listed several “mistakes” he said Fauci has …

Donald Trump and Anthony Fauci's coronavirus narratives differ, but could the President really fire the top disease expert?
4 years, 5 months ago

Donald Trump and Anthony Fauci's coronavirus narratives differ, but could the President really fire the top disease expert?

ABC  

US President Donald Trump and the nation's top disease expert, Anthony Fauci, have long offered competing narratives around the US coronavirus response. Dr Fauci's official title is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, but most Americans know him as the top disease expert or the guy leading the National Coronavirus Task Force. On Thursday local …

Trump takes swipes at Fauci, CDC as coronavirus cases rise in U.S.
4 years, 5 months ago

Trump takes swipes at Fauci, CDC as coronavirus cases rise in U.S.

Live Mint  

President Donald Trump on Monday took swipes at health experts in his government leading the U.S. response to the coronavirus outbreak, as his relationship further frayed with top infectious diseases doctor Anthony Fauci. In the early morning, Trump retweeted to his 83 million followers the accusations of a former game show host that "everyone is lying," including the federal Centers …

The ludicrous plot against Fauci (Opinion)
4 years, 5 months ago

The ludicrous plot against Fauci (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Michael D’Antonio is the author of the book “Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success.” His forthcoming book, “The Hunting of Hillary: The Forty Year Campaign to Destroy Hillary Clinton” is out later this month. CNN — Since 1984, scientist and physician Anthony Fauci has led America’s response to infectious disease, saving countless lives and gaining …

Trump Again Casts Doubt On Fauci As COVID-19 Cases Surge
4 years, 5 months ago

Trump Again Casts Doubt On Fauci As COVID-19 Cases Surge

NPR  

Trump Again Casts Doubt On Fauci As COVID-19 Cases Surge Enlarge this image toggle caption Al Drago/AFP via Getty Images Al Drago/AFP via Getty Images Updated at 2:45 p.m. ET President Trump once again questioned the expertise of his top public health officials Monday morning, retweeting a conspiracy theory from former game show host Chuck Woolery, who suggested that the …

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