WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert, said Monday he plans to retire by the end of President Joe Biden’s term in January 2025.
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Fauci, 81, was appointed director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 1984, and has led research in HIV/AIDS, respiratory infections, Ebola, Zika and the coronavirus. He has advised seven presidents and is Biden’s chief medical adviser.
In an interview with Politico, Fauci said he hoped to “leave behind an institution where I have picked the best people in the country, if not the world, who will continue my vision.”
Asked Monday on CNN when he planned to retire, Fauci said he does not have a specific retirement date in mind and hasn’t started the process. He said he expects to leave government before the end of Biden’s current term, which ends in January 2025.
“By the time we get to the end of Biden’s first term, I will very likely (retire),” Fauci said. He added: “it is extremely unlikely — in fact, for sure — that I am not going to be here beyond January 2025.”
Fauci, long a prominent figure of the government’s response to infectious disease, was thrust even more into the spotlight at the height of the coronavirus pandemic under then-President Donald Trump. As the pandemic response became politicized, with Trump suggesting the pandemic would “fade away,” promoting unproven treatment methods and vilifying scientists who countered him, Fauci had to get security protection when he and his family received death threats and harassment.
Fauci testified repeatedly to Congress about the virus, and he and some Republicans, including Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, engaged in heated exchanges over the origins of the virus.
Fauci said Monday his decision to eventually leave his role was unrelated to politics.
“It has nothing to do with pressures, nothing to do with all of the other nonsense that you hear about, all the barbs, the slings and the arrows. That has no influence on me,” he said.
Why wait do it now and the only reason your retiring is next president will fire you for numerous reasons some might even be for illegal activities
Thank you Hashem
Best news in a long time . Who’s he going to con next !!!
Not soon enough good riddance to both of them
another great reason to impeach…
There is no proof to disprove that although he said he ‘may’ leave, it’s possible that he ‘can’ stay longer, especially if there is a new variant and another booster ‘can’ help ‘minimize’ the symptoms in aliens.
Says it all.
Good riddance. He is responding for untold number of death and trillions of dollars lost to business that were forced to close because of this tyrant.
When was Mr. Fauci elected and when does his term end?
His pathway to…. Is already paved.
While he may indeed leave, there remains a remote possibility that maybe possibly a new variant will
Perhaps arise and possibly probably kill people. So perhaps possibly he should stay indefinitely and maybe not take a chance that someone unqualified should be doing the amazing job he has done, advising Americans for two years on exactly what NOT to do to end covid, but exactly how to ruin their lives, their health, their mental health, their social lives, and their kids lives. Yemach shemo I hope he drops dead.
Perhaps Biden can leave earlier taking Fauci with him
Wow, these deniers are giving the expression “know-nothing party” a whole new meaning. If Fauci really steps down, it’ll be fun to watch them apply for his post.
yes. all those who commented show how torah and yiddishkeit is drachecha darchei noam. speaking so lowly and vile. Im ashamed