“Our society is really totally crazy”

When Corona plunged the world into chaos, Anthony Fauci (80) was considered the “voice of reason”. The director of the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases had served under six presidents. Now he stood next to Donald Trump (74) when he compared Covid-19 with the flu or recommended drinking disinfectants – and tried, together with his colleague Deborah Birx (65), to get the United States on track with regard to Corona.

So Fauci became a hero – and a figure of hate. Donald Trump quickly muted the unwelcome scientist, and Fauci was threatened and insulted. What was Fauci doing and thinking during this time?