Health Affairs September 27, 2024
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A little over two decades ago, I met Anthony Fauci on the metro in Washington, D.C. He had already been at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for more than 20 years and was well known in public health circles but could ride a packed red line train during a snowstorm in relative anonymity. Rather than death threats or requests for selfies, the only nuisance he had to face was a young reporter (me) who had studied the history of public health.
Even at the time, Fauci had experienced his...