US President-elect Joe Biden on December 3 said that he has asked the government’s top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci to join his COVID-19 response team as he takes office in January. Speaking at an interview with CNN, the top Democrat reckoned that he has asked Fauci to stay in the “exact same role” that he has had for the “past several presidents” and continue his role as “chief medical advisor”.
Dr Fauci, who has openly slammed Donald Trump for downplaying the coronavirus, has served as a medical advisor to six American Presidents in past. He is currently serving on Donald Trump’s COVID-19 task force and also as director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious diseases. Owing to his blatant criticism, Trump has said that he would fire Fauci if reelected.
Later, Fauci revealed that he had an hour-long meeting with Biden’s agency review team at the White House. According to CNN, members who met with Fauci included Jeffrey Zients as well as two co-chairs of Biden’s 12-member coronavirus advisory board, Dr. David Kessler, the former commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, and former US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy.
