> Fauci was the one in charge of the response to AIDS, which everyone seems to agree was horrendous, yet he's now a national hero. That's a very self-serving

> Fauci was the one in charge of the response to AIDS, which everyone seems to agree was horrendous, yet he's now a national hero. That's a very self-serving argument cherry picking from history. Fauci was initially hated by the AIDS activists in the 80s but worked to gain their trust. You also don't factor in the societal hate americans had towards the gay population preventing research towards a cure. Here's an article that gives a detailed account of what it was like back in the 80's. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/06/the-heroic-story-of-how-congress-first-confronted-aids/240131/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/06/the-her...