(Relevant) While the government response to the coronavirus pandemic has weathered plenty of warranted criticism, White House health advisor and coronavirus task force member Dr. Anthony Fauci has been a reassuring presence. A medical expert and gifted communicator, Fauci has a knack for stressing the urgency of the moment without sounding panick-y, anticipating Americans’ questions about the pandemic and answering them in a measured but forceful way.
The physician, who has been advising the White House since the Reagan Administration, has become a bit of a star.
In 2006, he wrote an essay for a book called This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women that detailed what he called “the three guiding principles that anchor my life”: “an unquenchable thirst for knowledge”, “striving for excellence” and “a goal to serve humankind.”