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The infectious disease specialist says he was dehydrated ------- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday that criticism of a photo in which he had his face mask partially down is "sort of mischievous." In an interview on "America's Newsroom," Fauci told host John Roberts that he had been sitting next to his wife, Dr. Christine Grady, and a very close friend of his. "I had my mask around my chin. I had taken it down. I was totally dehydrated and I was drinking water trying to rehydrate myself," he explained. "And, by the...

His curve was a little too flat. White House coronavirus task force member and diehard baseball fan Dr. Anthony Fauci threw the first pitch at the long-awaited 2020 MLB season opener — as the New York Yankees took on the World Series champion Nationals. But Fauci, 79, should have stuck to infectious diseases — as he fumbled the ball straight into the ground. Wearing a Nationals jersey and a red face mask, the 5-foot 7-inch righty bounced the ball on the grass, crossing the first base line, far wide of home plate.

Sen. Rand Paul, himself a physician, offered a second opinion Monday on Dr. Anthony Fauci’s praise for New York’s novel coronavirus response. The Kentucky Republican pointed to Johns Hopkins University data showing that New York, which saw COVID-19 cases peak in April, still leads the nation in deaths with 32,147, or 165 per 100,000 people, far more than the 4,804 deaths in Florida, or 22 per 100,000, and 3,889 in Texas, or 13 per 100,000. “Paging Dr. Fauci! According to JHU, NY’s per capita death rate is more than 2X greater than Italy Spain & Britain & more than 8X...

1. Ok, I'll say it ... Fauci is a disastrous bureaucrat, way over his head, looking for scapegoats, playing politics, etc. The wrong man for our times. It's that simple.— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) July 18, 2020 2. Back in 2009, the Obama-Biden administration failed miserably in dealing with the H1N1 flu, and they were "lucky" that pandemic didn't turn into a huge disaster. Fauci held the same job back then.— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) July 18, 2020 3. I was open-minded about him for the longest time, but as time goes on, and as other top experts speak...

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said on Thursday that Anthony Fauci was wrong to liken the coronavirus to the 1918 flu pandemic, calling his remarks “false” and “irresponsible.” Meadows made the comments on Fox News after rebuking White House trade adviser Peter Navarro’s decision to pen an op-ed criticizing Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, which the chief of staff said was “not appropriate.” Meadows went on to argue that not everything that Fauci says is correct. “He was at Georgetown the other day and he suggested that this virus was worse or as bad as the...