# Fauci interview on working with Trump **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [January 24, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fauci-interview-on-working-with-trump/931380 "2021-01-24T19:00:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fauci-interview-on-working-with-trump/931380/1 "2021-01-24T19:00:22Z")
He got death threats along with his adult kids > **[Fauci on What Working for Trump Was Really Like (Published 2021)](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/health/fauci-trump-covid.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimesscience)** > > From denialism to death threats, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci describes a fraught year as an adviser to President Donald J. Trump on the Covid-19 pandemic. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fauci-interview-on-working-with-trump/931380/2 "2021-01-24T19:42:58Z")
Deborah Birx has also given her first interview as well. Haven’t seen the original, just a write-up of it [here](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/24/deborah-birx-trump-white-house-covid-deniers). ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fauci-interview-on-working-with-trump/931380/3 "2021-01-24T19:48:51Z")
I saw the Deborah Birx interview on CBS. In sum, she thought that she could do some good, wound up getting shut down and shoved to the side a lot, thought she was a lot more effective when on the road instead of in front of the cameras because when away from the White House and Trump she could speak more freely, and said she knew going it that this would kill her career and make her unemployable in the Federal government. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fauci-interview-on-working-with-trump/931380/4 "2021-01-24T21:20:53Z")
Fauci looks 10 years younger. He’s 80 for those that don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fauci-interview-on-working-with-trump/931380/5 "2021-06-02T16:47:03Z")
Bumped. This may also be of interest: > **[Thousands of emails from and to Fauci during the pandemic's early days were...](https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/02/politics/anthony-fauci-emails/index.html)** > > While many federal government staffers prefer the phone to email, this correspondence offers a rare glimpse into Fauci's frantic schedule and polite, to-the-point demeanor during the time he emerged as a rare source of frank honesty within the Trump... ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fauci-interview-on-working-with-trump/931380/6 "2021-06-11T13:44:00Z")
Even though he’s short Fauci was BB team captain in HS in Brooklyn