TIME magazine has named Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, in its list of the 100 Most Influential People of 2020.
“As the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread to the U.S., there was one person millions of Americans immediately knew we could turn to for guidance: Dr. Anthony Fauci,” Kimmel wrote.
“Dr. Fauci doesn’t sugarcoat his words and refuses to be pressured by politicians,” Kimmel wrote. “He delivers the truth, as difficult as it may be to hear, earnestly and with one goal: To save lives.” In the “pioneers” category, TIME included other public health experts who have been influential during the pandemic. Lauren Gardner, an engineering professor at Johns Hopkins University, is featured on the list for developing the freethat government agencies, news organizations and the public have used throughout 2020 to track up-to-date numbers about coronavirus cases and deaths.
The dashboard went online on Jan. 22, and by early March, the site received more than 1 billion views per day.
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