Anthony Fauci
Anthony Fauci
Anthony Stephen "Tony" Fauciis an American immunologist who has made substantial contributions to HIV/AIDS research and other immunodeficiencies, both as a scientist and as the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth24 December 1940
CountryUnited States of America
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You have to prepare for the worst, but it's entirely conceivable that we could have a moderate one. You have to prepare for a horrendous problem, but the general public shouldn't assume that we're going to see the worst case.
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When you think in terms of public service, I heard so much about what Mother Theresa had done in her life. And I was fortunate enough to get a chance to meet her and talk to her a lot about what motivates her and what drives her. And that, to me, is a person that really is an extraordinary role model.
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Well I think the media has a very powerful influence on almost anything and everything we do because the general public gets their perception of what is going on in things they don't have immediate access to from what they get through the media.
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We as public health officials ... must assume the worst-case scenario and H5N1 is now giving us a lot of signs that is becoming a little more worrisome, if not a lot a more worrisome, because of the events that are going on,
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Antibiotics are a very serious public health problem for us, and it's getting worse. Resistant microbes outstrip new antibiotics. It's an ongoing problem. It's not like we can fix it, and it's over. We have to fight continued resistance with a continual pipeline of new antibiotics and continue with the perpetual challenge.
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There cannot be any impediment to science that will ultimately be good to the general public.
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The AIDS epidemic is one of the greatest challenges to our society today. It is a fight that we cannot afford to lose.
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Even in individuals in which we diminished the pool of the reservoir, the hidden reservoir, to levels that were essentially non-detectable ... the virus came right back within two to three weeks in essentially everyone.
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What this paper shows is you can make a vaccine against bird flu. It also points out a lot of weaknesses in the system. It's an important wake-up call.
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This disproportionate burden of HIV/AIDS makes it imperative to increase awareness and mobilize Black communities to get involved in the struggle against this disease.
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The older you get, the greater the probability that you would not only have serious complications, but you would actually die,
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That's why we are preparing so intensely for H5N1 as well as any other pandemic,
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The models show that if you combine well-directed, targeted treatment with some social interventions like closing schools, ideally together with some vaccination, it's conceivable you'd be able to stop the epidemic.
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If we could identify what that factor is -- and there's no guarantee we will, but if we can -- then one could direct your vaccine to elicit a response of that particular factor that is protecting them.