Dr. Fauci honored as ‘COVID’ hero
Bensonhurst native says BK roots helped him overcome opposition
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
The nation’s top infectious
disease expert
Dr. Anthony Fauci said
Tuesday that his Brooklyn
roots helped him
overcome obstruction
from White House offi -
cials while navigating
the COVID-19 crisis.
After the prominent
epidemiologist was
honored as a Brooklyn
COVID Hero by Borough
President Eric Adams
at a Nov. 10 ceremony,
Fauci said his native
Kings County was fundamental
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to his work on
the White House Coronavirus
Task Force.
“Whenever people
ask me how I put up with
all this stuff that goes on
in Washington, I have
two words for them:
it’s called ‘Brooklyn
strong,’” Fauci said via
virtual broadcast on the
steps of Borough Hall.
The beep honored
Fauci for persevering
through adversity and
mixed messaging that
came from the Donald
Trump administration
during the pandemic,
and said his clear voice
of reason calmed a country
on edge.
“Dr. Fauci clearly
showed the best qualities
of Brooklynites. Being
tough, tenacious and
dogmatic and standing
up for what is right in
his determination to do
what is needed and what
must be done despite
opposition,” Adams
said. “This is one president
that truly loves
you, Brooklyn Borough
President, where it matters,
Anthony Fauci will
be celebrated in all of
Brooklyn.”
The senior doc was
one of dozens of Brooklynites
Adams honored
for going above and beyond
during the health
crisis, as part of his second
“Brooklyn COVID
Heroes” event celebrating
borough do-gooders.
A Bensonhurst native,
Fauci grew up in
Dyker Heights and said
he was a “Brooklynite
through and through,”
adding that he was in
good company with his
fellow honorees.
“I am particularly
proud and happy to
be joined by the other
Brooklyn heroes who
are standing behind you
on the steps,” he said.
Fauci praised the borough
for stemming the
spread, adding a hopeful
note amid the recent
news that pharmaceutical
giants Pfi zer and BioNTech
have created a
vaccine that was more
than 90 percent effective
in preventing COVID-19.
“The vaccine is on
its way folks, so hang in
there, hang tough, we’re
going to get over this together,”
he said.
Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks via Zoom to Borough President Eric
Adams and fellow COVID Heroes honorees outside Borough
Hall on Nov. 10. Photo by Kevin Duggan
NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Director Anthony Fauci listens during a news conference in
the Rose Garden of the White House. REUTERS/Al Drago
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