Dr Anthony Fauci has a pretty impressive résumé: He’s served as a medical advisor for seven U.S. presidents, and his work as the country’s leading infectious disease expert has earned him honours and awards including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. And apparently, along with working tirelessly to end the COVID-19 pandemic, he spent the past year answering thousands of messages with the kind of class, kindness, and patience that most people have probably never conveyed over email in their lives.
According to over 3,200 pages of emails obtained by BuzzFeed News and published June 1, Fauci worked around the clock to answer questions from everyday Americans, offer his support to doctors, and (very) politely decline requests. His communication style over email isn’t unlike his demeanour during TV appearances — he’s careful, thoughtful, and empathetic, but also direct and to-the-point.
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