In his role as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci has advised seven U.S. presidents on preventing the spread of a variety of diseases. Over the last two years, amid the deadliest pandemic in our lifetimes, Fauci has also become the public face of the United States’ coronavirus response strategy, explaining rapidly changing developments and rules to an increasingly polarized nation. Fauci mostly speaks about U.S. regulations but agreed to sit down with Foreign Policy editor in chief Ravi Agrawal for a more global look at the pandemic.
U.S. chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci discusses what it was like to be undermined by former U.S. President Donald Trump and whether he worries he’ll return to office in 2024.
U.S. chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci says China’s COVID-19 situation is a “disaster.”
Anthony Fauci
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Ravi Agrawal
Editor in chief, Foreign Policy