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Dr. Anthony Fauci, 81, has made Americans very happy today, as news reports show he has finally quit his position after many years of misdirecting the American people on crucial media issues. But he said to be hanging on until December.
Democrat Joe Biden pays tribute to one of the top opponents of President Donald J. Trump, who is the spokesperson for the COVID pandemic, having made a disaster out of many people’s lives with his bizarre behavior over the past two years -that was the worst seen from him in decades.
“Dr. Anthony Fauci will leave government service in December to ‘pursue the next chapter’ of his career,” Biden said, praising his work on the covid pandemic, which was the foundation of Biden’s 2020 Presidential campaign.
“His commitment to the work is unwavering, and he does it with an unparalleled spirit, energy, and scientific integrity,’ Biden said told the American people.
Fauci released a statement saying that while he would not be taking a job in the pharmaceutical industry, he did plan to continue on with his career, and he also planned to write a book about his life in government employment, commenting that he did not have a publisher.
“While I am moving on from my current positions, I am not retiring,” Fauci said, raising the question in the minds of many Americans of why he was calling it quits.
‘I’ve been able to call him at any hour of the day for his advice as we’ve tackled this once-in-a-generation pandemic. His commitment to the work is unwavering, and he does it with an unparalleled spirit, energy, and scientific integrity,’ Biden said in a statement.
Fauci has been teasing it for months that retirement was on his mind but never gave an end date for his public service.
On Monday, Fauci made the official announcement that he was going to be leaving.
“So long as I’m healthy, which I am, and I’m energetic, which I am, and I’m passionate, which I am, I want to do some things outside of the realm of the federal government,” Fauci told The New York Times.
‘While I am moving on from my current positions, I am not retiring. After more than 50 years of government service, I plan to pursue the next phase of my career while I still have so much energy and passion for my field. I want to use what I have learned as NIAID Director to continue to advance science and public health and to inspire and mentor the next generation of scientific leaders as they help prepare the world to face future infectious disease threats,’ Fauci said in a statement.
‘His commitment to the work is unwavering, and he does it with an unparalleled spirit, energy, and scientific integrity,’ Biden said; above the two men at the White House in November 2021
President Biden praised Dr. Fauci’s work on the covid pandemic: ‘His commitment to the work is unwavering, and he does it with an unparalleled spirit, energy, and scientific integrity,’ Biden said; above the two men at the White House in November 2021
“Fauci became a household name during Donald Trump’s presidency when he clashed with the then-president on how to handle the covid pandemic,” The Daily Mail reported.
Trump, to the delight of the American people, mussed about firing him even though Fauci was not a political appointee.
Fauci, who was always an obstacle to Trump, said he considered stepping down after Trump left the White House but did not want to turn down Biden’s request to stay on during the covid pandemic.
‘So I stayed on for a year, thinking that at the end of the year, it would be the end of Covid, and as it turned out, you know, that’s not exactly what happened,’ Fauci said. ‘And now it’s my second year here, and I just realized that there are things that I want to do.’
Fauci, in an obvious conflict of interest, also clashed with Congressional Republicans about mitigation measures for the pandemic, notably Senator Rand Paul.
There is much speculation that Fauci is leaving office to avoid being investigated for his possible corrupt actions after discussion of holding oversight investigations into him in the position he was in. Haughty, Fauci called that idea ‘nonsense.’
Fauci became Biden’s top medical adviser when Biden entered the White House. He’s also been director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for 38 years.
Biden said Fauci has saved countless lives during his work on infectious diseases.
‘Because of Dr. Fauci’s many contributions to public health, lives here in the United States and around the world have been saved. As he leaves his position in the U.S. Government, I know the American people and the entire world will continue to benefit from Dr. Fauci’s expertise in whatever he does next. Whether you’ve met him personally or not, he has touched all Americans’ lives with his work. I extend my deepest thanks for his public service. The United States of America is stronger, more resilient, and healthier because of him,’ the president said in his statement.
The Daily Mail reported:
Fauci joined the National Institutes of Health in 1968, when Lyndon Johnson was president. He worked with Biden when Biden was vice president on the Zika virus and was a prominent player during the AIDS crisis.
President George W. Bush awarded Fauci the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor in 2008, for his work on the global AIDS crisis.
‘I still have so much energy and passion for my field’: Fauci’s statement on stepping down – but insists he is not retiring.
I am announcing today that I will be stepping down from the positions of Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation, as well as the position of Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden. I will be leaving these positions in December of this year to pursue the next chapter of my career.
It has been the honor of a lifetime to have led the NIAID, an extraordinary institution, for so many years and through so many scientific and public health challenges. I am very proud of our many accomplishments. I have worked with — and learned from — countless talented and dedicated people in my own laboratory, at NIAID, at NIH and beyond. To them I express my abiding respect and gratitude.
Over the past 38 years as NIAID Director, I have had the enormous privilege of serving under and advising seven Presidents of the United States, beginning with President Ronald Reagan, on newly emerging and re-emerging infectious disease threats including HIV/AIDS, West Nile virus, the anthrax attacks, pandemic influenza, various bird influenza threats, Ebola and Zika, among others, and, of course, most recently the COVID-19 pandemic. I am particularly proud to have served as the Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden since the very first day of his administration.
While I am moving on from my current positions, I am not retiring. After more than 50 years of government service, I plan to pursue the next phase of my career while I still have so much energy and passion for my field. I want to use what I have learned as NIAID Director to continue to advance science and public health and to inspire and mentor the next generation of scientific leaders as they help prepare the world to face future infectious disease threats.
Over the coming months, I will continue to put my full effort, passion and commitment into my current responsibilities, as well as help prepare the Institute for a leadership transition. NIH is served by some of the most talented scientists in the world, and I have no doubt that I am leaving this work in very capable hands.
Thanks to the power of science and investments in research and innovation, the world has been able to fight deadly diseases and help save lives around the globe. I am proud to have been part of this important work and look forward to helping to continue to do so in the future.
NIAID conducts and supports research—at NIH, throughout the United States, and worldwide—to study the causes of infectious and immune-mediated diseases, and to develop better means of preventing, diagnosing and treating these illnesses. News releases, fact sheets and other NIAID-related materials are available on the NIAID website.
Source: The Republic Brief