WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s most sensible infectious disease expert who has become a familiar call, and the subject of partisan attacks, the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday that he will leave the federal government in December, after more than five decades of service.
Fauci, who is President Joe Biden’s top medical adviser, served as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and head of NIAID’s immunoregulation laboratory. He was a leader in the federal reaction to HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, even before the coronavirus. hit.
“I will be leaving those positions in December of this year to pursue the next bankruptcy of my career,” Fauci in a statement, calling the roles “the honor of a lifetime. “
Fauci has the face of the government’s reaction to COVID-19, as it did in early 2020, with common appearances on television news and in daily press meetings with White House officials, and added then-President Donald Trump.
But as the pandemic deepened, Fauci fell out of favor with Trump and his officials as his calls for continued public caution clashed with the former president’s preference to return to general and announce unproven treatments for the virus.
Fauci was sidelined by Trump’s leadership and stayed out of major decisions related to the federal response, but continued to speak publicly in media interviews, advocating for social distancing and wearing masks in public presentations of COVID-19 vaccine rollouts. .
He has been the target of political attacks and death threats, and has been granted a security service for his protection.
When Biden won the White House, he asked Fauci to remain in his administration in a superior position. The president praised Fauci in a statement, saying, “Whether you know him or not, he touched the lives of all Americans with his work. “make my sincere thanks to him greater for his public service. The United States of America is stronger, more resilient and healthier because of it.
Fauci said that, despite retiring from federal service, he plans to continue working. “I need to use what I have learned as director of NIAID to continue advancing science and public fitness and to motivate and mentor the next generation of clinical leaders as they help prepare the world for long-term infectious disease threats,” he said.
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