Anthony Stephen Fauci OMRI is an American physician-scientist and immunologist serving as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Chief Medical Advisor to the President.
He was at Queer News Tonight (QNT) on World AIDS Day to discuss Care Resource, AIDS day, and Smart Ride. This interview was planned as per the strict White House guidelines for just 10 minutes Dr. Fauci gave the LGBTQ+ Community his only television interview.
QNT held a very special World AIDS Day memorial event at the newly opened Care Resource headquarters on Miami's magnificent Biscayne Bay with views of Biscayne
Bay.
On December 1, Care Resource inaugurate the first-ever rooftop event space atop one
of South Florida's most important AIDS/HIV community service providers.
In 1985 the first-ever American and worldwide white party in Miami entered an age of LGBTQ+ entertainment for a cause that became a model for AIDS and HIV fundraising for the entire world.
To celebrate this momentous occasion the world's most famous Medical Professional and Allied advocate of the LGBTQ+ Community Dr. Anthony Fauci was present.
He is the person who helped identify what would later become known as AIDS in 1981. He was the architect of PEPFAR which is credited for saving over 20 million people around the world.
Dr. Fauci will retire in December after a glorious 54 years career that started in the 1980s. QNT’s Al Ferguson hoasted this interview and began by asking Dr. Fauci about the recently completed local AIDS HIV fundraising event, the smart ride, which raised more than one million dollars doing a 165-mile bike ride from the University of Miami to Key West. Al also asked Dr. Fauci about the importance of local service providers like Care Resource in contrasting that to federal agencies.
To which Dr. Fauchi said, “I just think we've got to keep the momentum alive both from a federal government supporting HIV and AIDS research. There's a lot we have to do. We've come a very very long way with long-acting antivirals for prevention and for treatment. We still need a vaccine, we still need a cure.”
He continued by saying, “I think it's really important to keep the attention and the momentum going, and fundraising efforts on the part of the community is absolutely critical.”
Dr. Fauci did not forget to mention that we have a long way to go and we do not want the federal funding to Diminish. In fact, we want it to increase proportionately.
Al also initiated a conversation in the direction of the first World AIDS Day which was observed in 1988. Dr. Fauci talked about the continued importance of World AIDS Day visibility saying we still have in this country a significant number of new infections for which we do not have life-saving therapy.
He mentioned the country has done very well but it's not the end of the game, the end of
the game is ending the HIV epidemic (EHE).
While talking about the future of AIDS HIV and how is it going to be for America he said that if we really want to end the HIV epidemic by 2030 and we got to get back on track to get that done, we're behind pace for 2030.
Though it was planned for 10 minutes, Dr.Fauci gave the LGBTQ+ Community his only television interview for 30 minutes. He discussed his relationship with Act-Up founder Larry Kramer and Kramer's claim that Fauci was a murderer.
The interview also shedded light on Fauci’s days in the White House and his reaction to the Daily White House briefings that we all watched every day including Trump tweeting about firing Fauci right at the height of the pandemic.
Al could not let Dr. Fauci go without getting his response to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s midterm election campaign where he sold merchandise, especially a beer koozie saying “Don't Fauci My Florida”. His response to the question and his final comments directed at the LGBTQ+ community received praise from across the community. The entire interview can be watched on QNT.
