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.”
We speak with ProPublica journalist Joaquin Sapien about his report on how New York state has approached the issue of COVID-19 in nursing homes.
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We preview the 2022 legislative session that starts this week with first-term Democratic New York state Senator Michelle Hinchey, chair of the Agriculture Committee.