Fauci plans to retire by 2025, wants to heal partisan divide before he goes

Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert in the US, says he will step down from his position in January of 2025.

In addition to being the current chief medical adviser to the president, Fauci is the long-standing director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), an institute within the National Institutes of Health. Fauci, who is 81 years old, has held the NIAID director position since 1984. He initially joined the institute as a clinical associate in 1968.

Every president since Ronald Reagan has been advised by Fauci on infectious disease threats. In his first meeting with the Trump administration two years before a novel coronaviruses mushroomed out of Wuhan, China, Fauci provided the same advice he provided to every new administration. Don't expect the normal.

Fauci said in an interview that he would retire by the end of Biden's term, according to a report. Ars did not get a response from the NIAID. Fauci told CNN that the comments to Politico were not intended to be a retirement announcement. He confirmed his plans to retire and the time frame.

Plans and legacy

I gave an interview with a reporter and they told me that I would have to step down sometime. You have to stop working in this job. Fauci told CNN that he doesn't think he'll be in this job at the end of the first term of Biden. It was thought that it was announcing my retirement. I said that it is unlikely, for sure, that I won't be here past January 25th. Between now and January 2025, you can be certain that I'll step down.

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Fauci said in his initial comments that he wanted to use his remaining time to help repair the damage done by partisan disagreements that raged during the Pandemic. Fauci said that the political rhetoric, accusations, and threats against him have no bearing on his career decision.

He told CNN that his retirement plans are based on his age and career ambitions.

The medical expert said that you can't go on forever. I would like to do other things in my career even though I'm older. I don't see myself being in this job to the point where I can't do anything else, and I have the energy and passion to pursue other aspects of my career.

He said that his retirement plan has nothing to do with the pressures of being a public figure.

Fauci wants to be remembered for his landmark work on HIV/AIDS, as well as the expertise he built up at the NIAID over the decades with his hand-selected researchers who will carry on his vision for the institute.