One of the leading figures in America’s response to the coronavirus pandemic will soon leave the federal government. Dr. Anthony Fauci is stepping aside in December. The octogenarian is the nation’s top infectious disease expert and serves as President Biden’s chief medical adviser. Journalist and author Michael Specter, a “New Yorker” staff writer, knows Fauci well, having covered him for decades, including the 2020 audiobook “Fauci.”
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