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jmbar2

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3. I wish Dr. Fauci were still in charge instead of Brainworm.

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Fri May 15, 2026, 12:16 PM

23 hrs ago

He led the NIH through HIV, SARs, Ebola, and Covid.

In 2014, at a time when people were worried about whether the Ebola outbreak in West Africa would become a pandemic, Fauci helped treat and notably hugged a nurse who had been infected with the virus and hospitalized at the NIH. Fauci later said he did this to show his staff that he wouldn’t ask them to do anything that he wouldn’t do himself. That “extraordinary level of empathy” will be difficult to replace, Nuzzo says.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-reflect-on-anthony-faucis-impact/