So long to Anthony Fauci, the US covid expert caught between ideologies

So long to Anthony Fauci, the US covid expert caught between ideologies
Dr Anthony Fauci may be leaving, but partisan politics remains. (Image: Getty)
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By David A HopkinsDr Anthony Fauci, who announced his pending retirement from the National Institutes of Health on Aug 22, worked for more than 50 years as a little-known civil servant in a low-profile federal agency. He spent his final two years in government as a highly divisive public figure. Fauci’s sudden rise to national prominence was the accidental consequence of an unforeseen global catastrophe. But he then, perhaps inevitably, found himself enmeshed in today’s polarised political battles. After all, partisan conflict...

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