Anthony Fauci talks about Americans showing a 'degree of schizophrenia', says people act 'so different'
WASHINGTON, DC: Anthony Fauci shared his thoughts on the current state of the US during his appearance on CBS's 'The Late Show' with Stephen Colbert on Monday, June 17.
When the host asked the doctor if he was going to “diagnose America as a patient right now” what would it be and said “Give it to me straight, doc,” Fauci shared it would need a surgeon and not an internist or a doctor of internal medicine, according to The Hill.
Anthony Fauci says 'we're acting like we're so, so different'
Reframing the question, Colbert asked what Fauci would say about the country if he were a psychologist.
“There is a degree of schizophrenia in the country,” said the former Chief White House Medical Adviser.
“It’s just, it really is, I mean, how far apart people can be that they seem to forget how much alike we are, but we’re acting like we’re so, so different,” he added.
Anthony Fauci reveals he had a 'very complicated relationship' with Donald Trump
Fauci, who served under Donald Trump and Joe Biden's administrations, has faced significant backlash from the right for his stance on Covid-19 vaccinations and other pandemic-related measures.
His upcoming books about working with Trump have now addressed criticisms by explaining his commitment to truth, even if it meant contradicting the former President publicly.
“I have a great deal of respect for the presidency of the United States that I had to contradict him publicly because he was saying things that were not correct,” he said.
Fauci said that he had “a very complicated relationship” with Trump who is running for President in the upcoming November election.
“In the very beginning, we got along very well,” he said and later added that the former president "was saying things that were incorrect and I felt strongly that it was not comfortable for me to do it.”
Anthony Fauci speaks about facing harassment and death threats
Sharing the emotional toll of the ongoing harassment and death threats directed at him and his family, Fauci became visibly emotional while recounting these experiences during a recent appearance before Congress.
The immunologist further expressed his concerns about the politicization of science being “quite new and disturbing.”
The 83-year-old scientist who became director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease in 1984 noted that while political ideologies were always present, the current level of “vitriol and hostility" is unprecedented.
