Nearly three years after Covid first arrived in the U.S., Dr. Anthony Fauci said he never imagined that the pandemic would last so long and that it'd take more than 1 million American lives.
Fauci said that one of the most difficult parts of the pandemic for him was the politicization of public health under the Trump administration.
"Whether you're a far-right Republican or a far-left Democrat, it doesn't make any difference to me," he said."I look upon it the same way as I did in the emergency room in middle New York City when I was taking care of everybody who was coming in off the street." Fauci called on Americans to get a Covid booster to protect their health ahead of another expected surge of infection this winter as people travel and gather for the holidays.
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