Dr. Anthony Stephen Fauci, American Physician and Immunologist

NIAID Director since 1984

(National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) 

Born December 24, 1940

Regarded as the USA’s leading expert of COVID-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci eludes a trustworthy and calming aura like your most favorite professor or best-loved uncle.  His friendly image on the TV screen each day gives one the feeling that he is going to be straight-forward with you and will give you the utter and unblemished truth with no-sugar-coating but no super-hype hysteria either.  He is the kind of doctor you would want for your family if you had to hear bad news.             

Looked upon as one of the virus’s leading “gurus” in the world, Dr. Fauci has been advising the mass population on details of the pandemic from its inception.  While little is known about the virus or its long term effects on its survivors, Dr. Fauci constantly repeats the litany of things we can do to avoid getting the virus: wash your hands frequently, don’t touch your face, avoid contact with others, wear a mask when out in public, always maintain social distancing, but shelter at home whenever possible.

While the beloved doctor is not actively at work in the field hospitals examining infected patients nor is he staring at a live virus under a microscopic, he is at this writing nearly 80 years old which, by his age alone, puts him into the “at risk” category for those most likely to be affected by COVID-19.  

Dr. Fauci lives in Washington D.C., to be close at hand to those whom he advises but as of late has been working remotely from home, though constantly available for consultations (for those who would listen to him) and for media interviews.  He has recently told reporters that he finds his work exhausting and while he lives a simple life, he is chronically fatigued.  He calls COVID-19 “his worst nightmare.”

On top of all of our other concerns, like tracking the progression of the virus and watching for the “hot spots” of new or heavy outbreaks, my worst nightmare would be losing Dr. Fauci!  (We pray for him daily.) 

If anything ever happens to him, then WHO ELSE could we really and truly trust?

MAY GOD BLESS DR. FAUCI

ALWAYS   …   IN ALL WAYS!