By The Financial District
Feb 17, 20211 min
Dr. Anthony Fauci has won the $1 million Dan David Prize for “defending science” and advocating vaccines that are now being administered to protect people from the coronavirus, the Associated Press (AP) reported.
The Israel-based Dan David Foundation on Monday named President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser as the winner of one of three prizes. It said he had earned the recognition over a lifetime of leadership on HIV research and AIDS relief, as well as his advocacy for the vaccines against COVID-19.
In its statement, the private foundation did not mention former President Donald Trump, who undermined Fauci’s follow-the-science approach to the pandemic.
The foundation credited Fauci with “courageously defending science in the face of uninformed opposition during the challenging COVID crisis,” which describes precisely the ignorance of Trump and his firm belief in “herd community,’ when he actually meant “immunity.”
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