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Dr. Fauci on retiring

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Dr. Anthony Fauci sits down with his wife, Dr. Christine Grady, to discuss retiring from his positions as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical advisor to the president.

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- The landmark that I was counting on was getting the COVID outbreak behind me.

We have a very unusual virus, so the best we're gonna do is to get it down to a low enough level that you can essentially live with it.

We are never gonna eradicate this.

- I think some of it, and you can correct me if this is wrong, some of it was a realization that tying the knot on this was not gonna be something that could be done in six months or maybe even six years.

- So what's gonna be different in June of 2023 that's different from now?

You know, nothing.

(sighing) Hey, Bret.

- Good morning, sir, how are you?

- I'm good, how are you? - Doing well, thank you.

(gentle music) - I've been coming onto this campus every single day for 54 years.

- All right, sir.

- Alright, see you later, thanks.

(gentle music) This is my home.

That's been my home longer than most people have been alive.

But I have to step down sometime.

- [Interviewer] When you told your wife and your kids, 'I'm gonna retire,' what did they say to you?

- Well, they were very pleased.

They know me better that I likely will not retire in the classic sense.

But they took it a little skeptically.

They're saying, 'Well, you know, sure Dad, you're gonna retire, but we don't believe you.'

(gentle music)

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