The BMJ interview: Anthony Fauci on covid-19

Fauci was at President Trump’s side when the US declared a national state of emergency in March and remains a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, even as his dedication to communication and evidence based science has at times put him at odds with the administration. A decorated scienti...

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Published in:BMJ (Online) 2020-09, Vol.370, p.m3703-m3703
Main Authors: Godlee, Fiona, Silberner, Joanne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
Awards & honors
Clinical trials
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Fauci, Anthony
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Pandemics
Public health
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Summary:Fauci was at President Trump’s side when the US declared a national state of emergency in March and remains a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, even as his dedication to communication and evidence based science has at times put him at odds with the administration. A decorated scientist, particularly for his work on understanding HIV, he played a key role in creating the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and was recently awarded the Gustav O Lienhard Award from the US National Academy of Medicine for decades of work, including public health and leadership in shaping the covid-19 pandemic response. Because of the sensitivity of the subject I’m not going to be pointing fingers or doing any blaming. There are areas that are doing quite well—I was just on a press conference with the governor of Vermont, and their test positivity is 0.2%—but when you put it all together and look at a country as a whole, there are always these blips that you have to continually put down.
ISSN:1756-1833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.m3703