COVID-19

Fauci to Join Georgetown University as Professor

JUN 27 2023·Updated AUG 27

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The Facts

After a decades-long career in the US government as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Dr. Anthony Fauci will join the faculty at Georgetown University next week.
NBC
As a distinguished university professor, Fauci will work in Georgetown University's Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, which "provides clinical care, conducts research, and trains future physicians in infectious diseases."
New York Post
During Fauci's 54 years of public service, he has presided over a number of public health crises, such as HIV/AIDS, SARS, MERS, avian influenza, swine flu, Zika, Ebola, and COVID.
FOX News
Before retiring from the NIAID last year, Fauci served as the top adviser to seven US presidents, starting from the presidency of Ronald Reagan and including, notably, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden.
Reuters
The veteran immunologist was a prominent national figure during the COVID pandemic where he also drew controversy regarding mitigation measures [including vaccines] and COVID origins.
Daily Wire

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The Spin

Democratic narrative

Fauci, a top public servant for years, will continue his merit-filled scientific, clinical, and public health career at Georgetown. His insight and expertise likely saved an untold number of lives during the COVID pandemic, even while Republicans pedantically attacked him.

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Republican narrative

Throughout COVID, Fauci made several serious blunders, including exaggerating the effectiveness of vaccines to boost uptake and flip-flopping on face masks, and his role in COVID origins is being deeply scrutinized. He is just another bureaucratic official who has reaped the benefits of his public profile, pocketing sky-high speaker fees due to his pandemic-era fame.