In an interview Sunday on @NewYorker radio on @NPR, Dr. Fauci spoke about violent threats to himself and family. He said in the 80s & 90s he got threats from "right wingers" who "didn't like me spending so much time on AIDS and 'queers' or whatever they called gays then."
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Fauci said those people were a small faction, but now it's very extreme. He says no one should be threatening a "public health official." Fauci says, "I am not the enemy. The enemy is the virus." Fauci also spoke about vaccines and communities of color.
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Folks may forget it was Fauci who raised the issue of disparity in infection and death rates in BIPOC communities and that had to be addressed and Trump et al ignored his concerns. He spoke about that again & said Black and brown communities have reason to distrust the govt.
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Fauci said there is a long history of poor treatment of communities of color re: health care, but that it was essential that outreach focus on helping Black and brown Americans engage in the vaccination trials and later in vaccinations because of their higher risk levels.
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Fauci reiterated the importance of masks, social distancing and hand washing. Avoiding crowds. He said it won't be forever and we will go to the movies again.
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Michael Specter, who interviewed Dr. Fauci for @NewYorker festival, has a new book out on Fauci.
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I mostly wanted to say that we all need to be able to talk about how mental illness is often crushing, the pain as exhausting as physical pain. I wanted to say to folks who are suffering that you are not alone--there are millions of us. But I was unable to do any of it. Sigh.
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#VPDebate
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