The nation’s chief virus doctor, Anthony Fauci, embroiled in a new controversy for his support of a Chinese lab that initially worked on coronaviruses, is facing a new call for his handling of the crisis to be investigated.
A shipment of donated U.S. vaccine is headed to South Korea, the first of 25 million stockpiled doses that President Joe Biden’s administration pledged to distribute worldwide. Russia is seeking to supply 800 million people abroad with Sputnik V.
There are no circumstances under which President Joe Biden would consider firing Dr. Anthony Fauci. No, said White House press secretary Jen Psaki when asked about the option.
Joe Biden Says He s Very Confident in Dr. Anthony Fauci, Despite Email Backlash
On 6/4/21 at 1:19 PM EDT
President Joe Biden says he isn t bothered by Dr. Anthony Fauci s Republican critics who have called for the nation s most prominent COVID-19 expert s firing after a trove of his emails made headlines this week. I m very confident in Dr. Fauci, Biden told reporters on Friday, his first public defense of his chief medical adviser, who has come under renewed scrutiny this past week over his response to the coronavirus pandemic and its origins.
Questioned later in the day during a briefing with reporters, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said there is no circumstance in which she could see Biden firing Fauci.
I m very confident with Fauci : Biden throws support behind his embattled chief medical advisor after the release of his emails suggesting he quashed lab leak theories