Though we have already anticipated it would happen sooner, new reports say that Dr. Fauci may soon be leaving the office by the end of Joe Biden’s term, he said in an interview with Politico on Monday.
Fauci pointed out that the country is “going to be living with” COVID for years to come. He told Politico that comments suggesting he’ll only leave office when COVID ceases to exist would be wrong.
“We’re in a pattern now. If somebody says, ‘You’ll leave when we don’t have Covid anymore,’ then I will be 105. I think we’re going to be living with this,” Fauci told Politico.
The disastrous Covid-19 response in the United States is one of the unforgettable of Fauci’s legacy.
He predicted Republicans would start to investigate him if they take leadership in the House of Representatives in November, but insisted that was not why he planned to retire.
“They’re going to try and come after me, anyway. I mean, probably less so if I’m not in the job,” Fauci said.
One of Fauci’s fierce critics is Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who has been particularly harsh towards Fauci during Senate hearings where he questioned the shoddy science behind lockdowns and vaccine mandates as well as the origins of Covid-19.
Adding to the list is Florida Rep. Anthony Sabatini, running for Congress in Florida, who said that Fauci should be criminally prosecuted.
More details of Fauci’s retirement from The Epoch Times Reports:
White House COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci revealed that after about five decades in the federal government, he’s planning on leaving his position by the end of President Joe Biden’s term.
“We’re in a pattern now. If somebody says, ‘You’ll leave when we don’t have COVID anymore,’ then I will be 105. I think we’re going to be living with this,” Fauci, 81, told Politico in an interview published on Monday morning in confirming he’s retiring at the end of Biden’s term in office, which is Jan. 21, 2025.
Fauci has been the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) since 1984. During the COVID-19, he became a household name when he became the face of the federal government’s COVID-19 pandemic response, often generating criticism from Republicans and conservatives about his generally dire predictions about the pandemic.
Fauci will undoubtedly go down as a controversial figure who Americans will always remember as the face of the disastrous COVID-19 pandemic response.
Sources: 100percentfedup, The Epoch Times, Politico
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