And days after he said in an interview that he wouldn’t mind being portrayed on “Saturday Night Live” by Brad Pitt, the Oscar winner did just that.But it’s a safe bet Fauci’s star would be eclipsed by the creator of a successful COVID-19 vaccine.
Dr. Jonas Salk reads Life magazine at home with his wife, Donna, and their sons Jonathan, left, Peter and Darrell in 1955.An infectious disease that affects mostly children and can result in paralysis, polio had been a terrifying affliction in the early 20th century. Salk and members of his lab at the university produced an experimental vaccine in 1952.
“The newspapers just grabbed on to Salk — he was the story,” she said. “So no matter how much he tried, it looked like he was telling the press, ‘Aren’t I great?’ ”Salk’s group hadn’t been the only one working on a vaccine. An effort led by Albert Sabin, a medical researcher at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, also produced a vaccine, which later became the main one deployed in the U.S. for decades. But Salk is the name that’s remembered.
“One of his sons said he became Frenchified; he changed his look, he capped his teeth,” Jacobs said. “But something was missing. He was a very lonely person and he was continually looking for something.”What Salk may have been looking for, at least in part, was his next great medical discovery. It never came. “He didn’t want to rest on his laurels,” Jacobs said. “He wanted to cure a disease and he was afraid he would never be able to accomplish anything else.
“I see him putting on his armor and getting onto his gray steed and galloping into the AIDS arena — and a lot of the young scientists are saying, ‘Who the heck is that? What is he doing here?’” Jacobs said.These days, virologists and others in the field stress that they work as parts of teams.
If this discourages some genius from saving us from Covid-19 it's on your heads, LA Times.
trump's own self aggrandizing pursuit of infamy will dwarf others afflicted by fame.
I would be motherfucked if the scientists are worried about fame rn