America’s top infectious disease expert has become a national figure, but has also drawn the ire of the White House and President Donald Trump.
During the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, perhaps it’s not surprising that the United States’ top infectious disease expert has become a prominent national figure.But the 79-year-old public health expert who has served six presidents is also a controversial figure and increasingly so in the White House where officials have recently begun briefing journalists against the doctor.
“He is a very experienced operator, this is the sixth administration he has worked for, he knows Washington DC well and is well respected by both Republicans and Democrats,” Professor Jackman told SBS News.In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, when US President Donald Trump held near daily press briefings on the virus, Dr Fauci was regularly by his side.
Professor Jackman says the deterioration in not surprising given the different narrative Dr Fauci is putting out on coronavirus and the contrast to the official White House version of events.Dr Fauci has linked the increase in cases with states' premature reopenings and compared the coronavirus outbreak the US is dealing with the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918 which killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide.
In recent days the White House has begun backgrounding journalists against Dr Fauci, leaking an internal memo containing statements the doctor has made “which were wrong”.
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