Dr. Anthony Fauci was the face of the U.S. government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. He has sought to defend his own tenure in government in a new memoir published this week. He has also faced renewed congressional scrutiny in recent weeks. This‘s return to the headlines, propelled by the release of his new autobiography and his recent testimony before Congress, comes as trust inagencies such as the one he led is waning, raising the question of who’s to blame for the fall.
Even the new book’s teaser makes a version of this argument, reading, “ role guiding America sanely and calmly through Covid earned him the trust of millions during one of the most terrifying periods in modern American history.” Some members of the scientific community, such as the outspoken lab leak theory advocate Richard Ebright, a Rutgers University chemical biology professor, have criticized Fauci as well.