In another note, he said, вЂњIt is not at all pleasant, that is for sure.вЂќДЄlso Read | When Fauci likened Trump supporters to 'crazy people in this world'ДЄ week later, Fauci received a Google News alert for his name, prompting the immunologist, who was then 79-years-old, to forward it to someone whose name and email address have been redacted in The Washington Post report. Hopefully, this all stops soon,вЂќ Fauci replied, as per the emails published by the Post. On March 31, one of Fauci's colleagues sent him an article titled вЂ Fauci socks, Fauci doughnuts, Fauci fan art: The coronavirus expert attracts a cult following.вЂ™

FauciвЂ™s stance on Covid response, contradictory to then-President Donald Trump, won him admirers to a point that various merchandise named after the respected scientist became a huge hit in the American market.Д«ut the latest trove of emails obtained by The Washington Post as part of a Freedom of Information Act request shows that the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases was not pleased by the growing public fascination with him. In the early days of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, top US infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci was seen by many as a reassuring voice of reason when the Trump administrationвЂ™s response to the pandemic was deemed chaotic.

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