Thursday, August 25, 2022

Interesting cartoon in Washington Post concerning my stepping down: We are really not coming down in cases/hospitalizations/ or deaths very sharply. We seemed to have hit a plateau with a very slight trend downward. United States • Total Cases: 93,777,133, 7-Day average: 90,676 (-6.7%) • Total Deaths: 1,037,281 7-Day average: 390 (-11.6%) • Total new hospital admissions: 5,198,924 7-Day average 5,614 (-6.6%) Worldwide [Source: WHO] - most recent day • Total Cases: 596,119,505 (829,163 new) • Total Deaths: 6,457,101 (2,564 new) ------- In Science indicating how Tucker Carlson was ranting about me after hearing of my stepping down: Almost everything Tucker Carlson said about Anthony Fauci this week was misleading or false Science fact-checks the Fox host’s rant against “Saint Tony,” who announced his retirement on Monday • 25 Aug 2022 • 6:10 PM By Jon Cohen Tweet from Bill Gates: Tony, you were an amazing public servant long before COVID-19 struck – and now you are a hero to millions of people, including me. npr.org Fauci to step down in December after decades of public service Dr. Anthony Fauci helped guide the U.S. through the COVID crisis, and earlier in his career played a key role in the response to AIDS. He has served under seven presidents. The Soapbox Quoting the New Republic: We May Never See Another Lifelong Public Servant Like Anthony Fauci In a distinguished government career spanning more than half a century, he expertly steered America through two devastating pandemics. But given how Republicans have maliciously attacked him, why would anyone want to follow in his footsteps? PRESS: Bloomberg News with David Westin; Spectrum News Los Angeles with Giselle Fernandez;