Dr Anthony Fauci, America’s top infectious disease expert, has responded to growing rightwing criticism and conspiracy theories connected to the release of thousands of his emails under freedom of information laws.
The chief medical adviser to Joe Biden, who was also part of Donald Trump’s coronavirus taskforce, gave a frank interview to the New York Times on Monday, arguing that those attacking him are “actually criticising science”.
Since the release of his emails earlier this month, mostly anodyne correspondence, Fauci has faced a growing range of hardline rightwing and conspiracy-tinged criticism.
Some such critics have focused on his advice, early in the pandemic, against wearing masks. Others have homed in on a
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