Is it time for Dr. Fauci to quit?

Fauci has become a familiar figure standing beside Donald Trump at media briefings, never openly contradicting him, but subtly trying to steer him away from his worst ideas. It’s a humiliating position to be in, but he has probably saved at least a few tens of thousands of American lives.
Dr. Anthony Fauci has been ignoring Donald Trump’s exaggerations and lies so he can preserve his influence for some more important occasion, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer.
Brazil’s health minister, Luiz Mandetta, was fired last Friday for criticizing the country’s mini-Trump, Jair Bolsonaro. Like Trump, President Bolsonaro needs a booming economy in order to be re-elected, and denies the threat from coronavirus because shutdowns hur...

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