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Sarah Owermohle, Erin Banco and Adam Cancryn
March 11, 2021?7 min read
When President Joe Biden wanted to know more about his administration?s plan to relax safety guidelines for vaccinated Americans, he turned to Anthony Fauci.
During a meeting last Friday evening in the Oval Office, it was Fauci, Biden?s chief medical adviser, who walked the president through a policy drafted by experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It wasn?t that Biden didn?t trust the CDC or its director, Rochelle Walensky, or value their input. But as with other major policy announcements, the president turned to his old friend Fauci for a rundown.
The straight-talking infectious disease expert has developed an increasingly close relationship with the president, who now leans on Fauci more than any other health official to guide his pandemic response, according to three senior officials with knowledge of Biden?s thinking. Through dinners and White House conversations, the pair has built on a connection that began early in the Obama administration, during the scramble to respond to the H1N1 swine flu pandemic....
Sarah Owermohle, Erin Banco and Adam Cancryn
March 11, 2021?7 min read
When President Joe Biden wanted to know more about his administration?s plan to relax safety guidelines for vaccinated Americans, he turned to Anthony Fauci.
During a meeting last Friday evening in the Oval Office, it was Fauci, Biden?s chief medical adviser, who walked the president through a policy drafted by experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It wasn?t that Biden didn?t trust the CDC or its director, Rochelle Walensky, or value their input. But as with other major policy announcements, the president turned to his old friend Fauci for a rundown.
The straight-talking infectious disease expert has developed an increasingly close relationship with the president, who now leans on Fauci more than any other health official to guide his pandemic response, according to three senior officials with knowledge of Biden?s thinking. Through dinners and White House conversations, the pair has built on a connection that began early in the Obama administration, during the scramble to respond to the H1N1 swine flu pandemic....