Anthony Fauci Worries About the Next Pandemic—But Worries More About Democracy

Bound in a book, Anthony Fauci is finally unbound. For 54 years, the nation’s leading pandemic expert stuck to science and public health policy in his public statements, because he had to. As a federal official—who spent the last 38 of those years as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)—discretion was required when it came to internal conflicts and any criticism of his White House bosses. But having left government in 2022, Doctor Fauci, who was both lionized and vilified as the nation’s spokesperson during the Covid crisis, is free to speak in his own voice about his personal experiences.

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