Dr. Anthony Fauci has never had a low-stress job. Throw in a global pandemic and things got interesting to say the least. He was the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022. He has advised every president since Ronald Reagan.
Since Dr. Fauci is a public figure, he has a thick skin and level head. This gets tested when people threatened his wife and three daughters. He opened up about this on a June 20, 2024, appearance on The View.
Dr. Fauci doesn't understand why people are so critical of him. "You know, obviously, you always take threats that people take seriously, but I, quite frankly, don’t know what they’re talking about," he admitted. "What are the charges?"
Fauci then went on to muse about his possible crimes. "That you saved millions of lives with the vaccine that you helped develop, or that you got people to do things that made them more safe against a deadly pandemic that killed 1.2 million people? So if trying to save people’s lives is a crime, then I’m guilty," he confessed.
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Cohost Sunny Hostin asked how the threats made Fauci feel. "The thing about it is this is what I’m doing, and it is what it is, and I wouldn’t do anything different. Of course, nobody likes to be threatened — and I’m threatened with real, credible threats. The thing that infuriates me is the cowardliness of people who harass my wife and my children," he explained.
Fauci shares three adult daughters with wife Christine Grady. Alison attended Stanford and works as a software engineer on the West Coast. Jennifer attended Harvard and Columbia and now works in psychology. Megan graduated from Johns Hopkins University and now works as a teacher in New Orleans.
Fauci couldn't hide his disgust. "You know, three young women in the beginning of their professional life, getting harassed both for violent and sexual explicit threats. That’s unconscionable," he went on to say. "And is that a reflection of who we are in this country? What is that, I just don’t get that."
Fauci told People his New York roots helped him cope with the critics. "I joke about it, that Brooklyn tough suck-up-attitude that you focus on what your job is, and all that other stuff as unpleasant as it is, is a distraction. What's really important is your job. Saving lives, promoting public health and your family," he stated. "Anything else is nonsense."
Just don't go after the man's family.
