FAUCI: GEEK TURNED SUPERHERO
HE’S short, grey-haired, bespectacled and obsessed with science – your typical geek, in other words.
But to millions of Americans, he’s nothing short of a superhero, the guy they trust to steer them through the chaos that’s turned their country into the world’s Covid-19 epicentre.
Dr Anthony Fauci has become a national phenomenon. People are driving around with bumper stickers that read, “In Fauci We Trust.” There’s a Face-book group called Dr Fauci Speaks, We Listen, and a petition is even doing the rounds for People magazine to name him its sexiest man alive – something Trevor Noah wholeheartedly endorses.
“Who’s sexier than Fauci? No one’s sexier,” the comedian declared on
