“Be spreaders of facts and truths,” says scientist and immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci. Having advised seven US presidents on various disease outbreaks including COVID-19, he shares insights on the present and future of pandemics, backed up by decades of experience in public health. Hear him dive into the latest on protecting yourself from the virus, his unwavering faith in science, what he plans to do after retiring (or “rewiring”) — and soak up some hard-won wisdom for the next generation.
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EPSTomcat11
September 22, 2022 at 5:19 pm
Confirming the curating of the comment section. No free speech here folks.
Austin R
September 22, 2022 at 5:29 pm
“free speech” on a private platform? lol okay bud.
Javier Arevalo
September 22, 2022 at 5:49 pm
What a great video! Thanks for sharing.
Allen Culbertson
September 22, 2022 at 5:56 pm
God bless U and thank you
Tyler The Presence
September 22, 2022 at 8:10 pm
seriously?
Elijah Elias
September 22, 2022 at 6:23 pm
First, thank you for being open to the public by providing this interview. However, the question is if someone has had Covid 19, would the vaccination be required still? Does what you said about masks apply to Covid 19 or you mean that it is safer to have masks to prevent the other diseases for elders which it isn’t a new thing. Your answer isn’t clear. Please note that the only filter can be used against the virus is a 0.2 micron air filter. How do you still beleive that masks are helping with Covid 19? I agree masks will help with Flu and Allergies, but as a PBM specialist I don’t think that it would be working for Covid 19. Please explain! Thank you.
Diane Russell
September 22, 2022 at 6:48 pm
Covid is still around folks and will be until we can get as close to 100% vaccinated as possible. Wear a mask, especially if you’re at high risk, get vaccinated and boosted. Common sense, plain old common sense.
Jessica Hudson
September 22, 2022 at 8:21 pm
We are not buying your BS anymore 😊 The WHO are full of crap! They don’t care about health, they care about keeping people on pharmaceuticals and making MONEY. See the truth. 🦅🦅🦅
rhythmrecall
September 22, 2022 at 8:35 pm
Incredible and inspiring, Dr Fauci. Thank you for your leadership
Vexen89
September 22, 2022 at 9:06 pm
17k view and less that 750 likes… I think we all know why the dislike counter was blocked from viewers 🙄
MrGHLover107
September 22, 2022 at 10:06 pm
I’m going to check my desktop for the dislikes on this video. There’s a chrome extension for it
Maria Leshchinskaya
September 22, 2022 at 10:27 pm
Why?
appletree
September 22, 2022 at 9:42 pm
Mr Science himself is retiring thank god 🎉
Danielle LeClair
September 22, 2022 at 9:48 pm
Ugh
Julie Baker
September 22, 2022 at 10:34 pm
I am an MD PhD and have been quite surprised by the negativity toward this amazing man. Very few can toggle between the worlds of medicine/public health and public relations/government advisory service. He inspires me.
Samuel Zev
September 22, 2022 at 11:46 pm
People are negative because they lack intelligence and prefer conspiracy nonsense that fuel their dislike towards people like Faucci
Tony Bond
September 22, 2022 at 10:34 pm
Its all semantics😓
Brandon
September 22, 2022 at 10:40 pm
There needs to be a clear, official definition of a pandemic that can’t be interpreted differently by different people.
Forever Based
September 22, 2022 at 10:47 pm
Here in Florida, they acted like the pandemic never even happened.
Andrew Banks
September 23, 2022 at 12:44 am
And that worked really well, didn’t it?
People came to Florida, got infected, then took the virus home with them.
Cherise J
September 22, 2022 at 11:04 pm
Mark Twain said it best. It’s easier to fool someone than to convince them that they’ve been fooled.
Yeh Zheng Tan
September 22, 2022 at 11:27 pm
I can definitely feel the helplessness when he talks about the political polarisation affecting their public healthcare advice
Nick Schroeder
September 22, 2022 at 11:34 pm
Well, the comment I posted from my lap top does not appear on my I pad.
Just an Apple thang or big tech censorship?
Samuel Zev
September 22, 2022 at 11:44 pm
Fromnmy experience in my country the pandemic is somewhat over but not completely, it’s just reduced in frequency
Username89
September 23, 2022 at 12:06 am
The comment section is being curated.
B R
September 23, 2022 at 12:25 am
Long format like this is the best way to communicate with the public
yamuiemata
September 23, 2022 at 12:27 am
Can this guy just F OFF already…he resigned
Dave Fischer
September 23, 2022 at 12:54 am
Lol remote work ain’t over that’s for sure, better question to ask.
tenore sw
September 23, 2022 at 5:18 am
Does he have any shares in pharmaceutical companies? Does his family? We need to consider whether inside trading is causing these firms to make monopoly rents
Brinn D
September 23, 2022 at 8:18 pm
No, he doesn’t. You can literally look up all his financial holdings online.
Jeremy James
September 23, 2022 at 10:36 pm
Bullshit. If you honestly think he posts all his business ventures online, you deserve every bit of what’s coming in the not too distant future.
J K
September 23, 2022 at 11:15 pm
@Brinn D Pfizer bot detected!!
dot.
September 23, 2022 at 5:24 am
Immense amount of vagueness 👎
Michael Baird
September 23, 2022 at 5:55 am
Oops
Matthew Byrnes
September 23, 2022 at 6:51 am
He’s jabbed and boosted up to the eyeballs. Still wears a mask to protect himself. He obviously doesn’t trust the vaccine. Does that make him anti vax ?
Emma G.
September 23, 2022 at 7:10 am
MUST READ : The Real Anthony Fauci
By : Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
6DAMMK9
September 23, 2022 at 7:16 am
Any foreign (non-US) viewers expectecting international flamming in the comment session?
Well, as living in somewhere still keen on blockade, you’ll see there are so many countries opening their boarders for something obvious but aginest their “public health” policy.
But it’s always good that there are people dare to voice out and critize the recent move.
Jesus Patino
September 23, 2022 at 8:18 am
He will never stop pointing out how weak the us healthcare system actually is. Respect.
Jeremy James
September 23, 2022 at 10:32 pm
Illegal immigrants and those related to them are ALWAYS looking for free handouts on everything. I wonder if Mexico, or any other Latin American country has free healthcare? Hmm.
ROHIT RAJ EE , Reg.no-44
September 23, 2022 at 9:45 am
Ask china is it over or not ?
MAD
September 23, 2022 at 12:01 pm
I was advised to get a second Moderna booster because of travel at the start of this past August. The Omnicron variant was not merged into it. I’m still battling a neck rash that blistered in some areas and had to stop pain medicine to determine where the rash came from. The inflammation in my body flared up my sciatica. I am very reluctant to accept another booster at the age of 67 until my rash goes away. I will double up on masks during travel.
M C
September 23, 2022 at 2:23 pm
Doubling up on the mask is the dumbest and useless idea ever. Your virtue signaling just reveals you as uninformed.
tUrd_iMMunity
September 23, 2022 at 5:44 pm
@James Mason Today, it is well established that they do nothing to stop/slow the spread, nothing to prevent covid sickness, and there is no evidence proving that they do anything to “lessen symptoms” either.
So, what exactly is it that you believe these drugs do for you in reality?
Jeremy James
September 23, 2022 at 10:24 pm
Yeah, especially since he recommended the shot in the first place lol. People like you are literally weeding themselves out as we speak.
tUrd_iMMunity
September 23, 2022 at 10:34 pm
@James Mason If I were you, I’d be far more concerned with what is happening to countless other Vaxxers:
Christopher Stalford, (photographer) Chris Coulter, Jamal Edwards, Gaia Young, Michelle Hayes, Jordan Robinson, Cameran Wheatley, Lucy Taberer, Ernesto Ramirez Jr, Leah Carolan, Dr. Paul Farmer, Founder Of Partners In Health, Jamie A. (Knox) Bouchard, Katie Novak, Kevin Gregory, Madison High principal David Robinson, Conall McGuiness, Autumn Tennison, 21… RIP.
Betsy Castle (elementary school principal), (college student) Heather Marie Rotz, Paula Cohen-Martin (author), coach Stephen Spitzer, Sandra Clifford, teacher Cathy Malgieri, Labour MP Jack Dromey, Preston Settles, Tobiloba Taiwo, Javier Silva-Biotti, Daniel Perkins age 36, Alice Koh, Christopher Cowe 15 yrs old, Victorian Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching, Calvin Middleton, Knoxville teacher Eric Robertson, Shane Warne (cricket player), Dr. SarahBeth Hartlage, Senior Australian investment banker Chris Forman aged 48, makeup artist AJ Crimson age 27, pharmacy owner Lakeram ‘Mike’ Singh, Kelly Ellis age 33, European Parliament President David Sassoli, technologist Erin Julia Beebe age 26, History teacher Morar Ashburner, Megan Reid, 17.… RIP.
Essex high school student Ryan Heffernan, age 12, Firefighter Kenneth Enright, footballer Red Og Murphy age 21, officer Joseph Kabungo, Kim Lockwood 34, Kasey Turner 18, Rugby player Maddy Lawrence 20 yrs old, John Paul Viggiano 45, Mary Jane Thomas, director Uwe Bohm 60, 14 yr old Aaron Vasquez, … RIP
Scottish parliament official David Hill, Irish UN Jim Kelly, 16-year-old Welsh football player Elgan Jones, cyclist Tomas Walsh 43, cyclist Andrew Oliver 36, Edinburgh dad Darren Dickson, Ryan Lerkee age 33, NI businessman Ciaran McGuran age 43, Christopher Crisler age 38, Tomas Walsh age 43, footballer Thomas Rankin age 26, Robert Doogan 33, Rutgers U student Ronald Anthony Croce 24, St Louis County executive Cora Faith Walker, PLYMOUTH – Town Clerk Pearl Sears, vocalist Keaton Pierce, country singer Jeff Carson, Zarife Imeri, 23, Cedric baekeland 28, Helena de Marco Lavalle- 5 Year Old Girl From Brazil, math and science teacher Amy Depp, footballer Jorge Salmerón Mezcua age 13, Gregory F. Scelzi, “Greg” age 17, journalist David McKechnie age 45, Michael ‘Mikey’ Hynes, 22, Jody Keenan 39, Michael Hynes 22, Emily Louise Throckmorton 44, musician Simon Clulow 39, Allen Ray Grimes, II 32, Adam John Ocker, 35, Dru Curtis Gladney 65, Maria Cristina Taralli 45, Cuban Judo champion Estela Rodriguez 54, John Paul (JP) Ramel, bass player Tim Feerick age 34 yrs, 20 yr old softball player Lauren Bernett, Amanda McManus 36, Robbie Roper 18, Julian ‘Jools’ Sweeney 14, Layth Maumoniat 12 yrs old, Neil Campbell 45, Rachel Quinn 27, Sushant Singh Rajput 34, Karly Scott, 24, Mary Frances Cronin, 23, Oliver (Ollie) Heimreich 12, principal Philip Carollo 56, Lazar LaPenna 10, high school teacher Charles Pyng, Anna Burns 12 yrs old, Scottish DJ James Roy age 33, high school teacher and coach Charles Pyng age 45, Denis Ruano 18 yrs, cyclist Rab Wardell 37, bethany jones 23, Charlbi Dean Dies at 32, math teacher Trisca Beasley, 55, Olyvia Cowley 24, Clinton “Clint” David Hopkins 33, Elia Fiorio 24, Eli Palfreyman 20, Joe K. Vissers 34, teacher Desrene Steer 48, Jalen Hill 22, Eitan Force 13, musician Ed Sheeran 31, musician Casey Alan Sanderson 44, Naomi Young 41, Tyler Erickson 17 yrs old, Canadian News Reporter Matthew Rodrigopulle age 24, YouTuber Katie Donnelly 18 R.I.P, publicist Scout Masterson age 48, Emma Horrell age 31 … RIP.
RIP to Petra Mayer (NPR), and Dr. Sohrab Lutchmedial, both JUST had their booster days prior.
Kim Mi-Soo and Brittany Lauderback , Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Alexandros Lampis… RIP.
Eric Blumreich, Coach Ron Frederick, EMT Matthew Clancy, Bradley Bowman, Serbegeth Singh, Breck Denny, TikTok creator Candice Murley.. RIP
J K
September 23, 2022 at 11:14 pm
@James Mason And the Pfizer bot is back on this video too!
Eden Garden
September 23, 2022 at 12:16 pm
This was not an interview. Dr Fauci kept talking unchallenged on all topics. No argument raised about masks being ignored the same period that Asian countries were hording them. No argument raised about lockdowns that cost trillions $, when other countries like Korea never locked down and had fewer deaths. No argument raised about why vaccines are recommended for children with inadequate evidence. Videos like these lead to mistrust of mainstream media outlets. TED do a better job.
P
September 23, 2022 at 12:41 pm
It was over when Omicron emerged. It took 9 months for the grip to be let go.
Myspachor
September 23, 2022 at 4:18 pm
This traitor supported gain of function research in Wuhan
R1GAMBLER
September 23, 2022 at 5:18 pm
If there is any justice in this world
*Dr. Gain of Fauci* will swing for Crimes Against Humanity.
Olgay Celik
September 23, 2022 at 6:15 pm
I recommend everyone to read The Real Antony Fauci book.
Mark Muskardin
September 23, 2022 at 8:35 pm
I read it, was terrifying!
Justin Reilly
September 26, 2022 at 7:42 am
IKR! He has chutzpah! Gotta give him that. Still pretending he wasn’t the biggest spreader of anti-science COVID disinformation!
Desiree Alouf
September 23, 2022 at 7:08 pm
HEALTH AND PEACE ARE THE NEMESIS OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES.
VIETNAM WAR TO IRAQ ALL STARTED WITH FALSE FLAGS
CONNECT THE DOTS.
UNLEARN ALL YOU THINK YOU KNOW TO ALLOW THE TRUTH A CHANCE BEFORE ITS TOO LATE FOR HUMANITY
🍄 RAVENSWOODWITCH🌿
September 23, 2022 at 9:44 pm
He’s a mass murderer. Plain and simple.
Tom
September 23, 2022 at 10:06 pm
This man belongs in a prison cell for life.
Jeremy James
September 23, 2022 at 10:22 pm
Damage control is already underway. They’re starting to blame all the clots, heart problems and brain problems on the virus itself. Yahoo news yesterday. We haven’t seen this kind of wickedness since the Nazis.
John Morgan
September 23, 2022 at 10:44 pm
Satan.
Nigel Gilbert
September 23, 2022 at 10:48 pm
Kind of over… Still trying to sell J&J vaccines, though. 💰
Sandra GREG
September 23, 2022 at 11:21 pm
3:40
A single does?
So wait a second! What about the 16- 20 million Americans that CHOOSE freedom & got the 1 dose wonder J&J?
You don’t need to get a “second dose” in 12 weeks with this vaccine Dr Fauci grouchy.
I Choose to get it in April 2021 & again in Dec 2021. Many ppl CHOOSE j&j because it’s 1 and 1.
I think you need to re evaluate your data.
TK 2112
September 24, 2022 at 12:41 am
Breaking News: “Myocarditis, Strokes, Cancer and Blood Clots incoming!”
Miklós Kincses
September 24, 2022 at 2:19 am
The economic hardship, recession, unemployment and loss of job caused by a covid pandemic are enough to push people into financial ventures. Summer is almost here again with lots of activities to be enjoyed. Well, I’m taking a trip into investing because I lost so much during this pandemic. Multi-creation of wealth is the best strategy to ensure financial sustainability.
Erica Adams
September 24, 2022 at 2:21 am
So happy to announce that I have gained financial freedom by investing in digital currency. Now I know that multi creation of various streams of income is the ideal Principle for financial sustainability.
Rochelle Gano
September 24, 2022 at 2:21 am
I got 70% of my total portfolio in crypto and I have been making good profits.
Jennifer Henderson
September 24, 2022 at 2:22 am
@Rochelle Gano, I wanted to invest more in crypto, but the fluctuations in crypto value discouraged me from dumping.
Rochelle Gano
September 24, 2022 at 2:25 am
You are so right I know this because my advisor in the person of ”Cintra V. Bedassie” is able to find so many good plays. My portfolio literally went from $300k to $1.1m last year (not counting withdrawals I made) all really exciting…crypto is exciting!
Hannah Ortiz
September 24, 2022 at 2:26 am
@Rochelle Gano That is pretty good..! I just searched her name online and saw her webpage, I have sent her a mail already. hoping for replies.>
Civisme Secret
September 24, 2022 at 3:36 am
ted confereces was created by bill gates the famous epstein friend…
George Shepard
September 24, 2022 at 4:43 am
Tar and feathers come to mind.
Nikola Tesla
September 24, 2022 at 5:13 am
Will this criminal ever be brought to justice?
Things I Buy
September 24, 2022 at 6:35 am
As soon as he becomes a criminal, 100% I believe so.
Edgy Bastard
September 24, 2022 at 6:18 am
This is the crook who shouted from the rooftops for the implementation of Authoritarian Mass COVID Mandates, hiding his kickback payments and royalties from Pharmaceutical industries and other anonymous corporations to lack interest in transparent investigation in the origination of the COVID pandemic and continually switching his stances throughout the pandemic.
online SH
September 24, 2022 at 6:45 am
I appreciate TED’s inviting different professionals to present different viewpoint of the world. But is this the right guy to invite? Very suspicious!
Mario Zaizar
September 24, 2022 at 10:02 am
Such a great person Dr Fauci. Thanks for your work and patience. I’m sorry for our politicians. Enjoy retirement Sr.
John Mighty
September 24, 2022 at 12:05 pm
I can’t believe fauci is 80 dude looks great for his age 😯
Jordan Eglis
September 24, 2022 at 10:12 pm
Hopefully he meets the maker soon 🙏🏽
July Garces
September 24, 2022 at 12:51 pm
Unfortunately most people are to busy to make ends meet and can’t keep score on what these elite do to us. Or either people are to docile to think for themselves and realize we just been played this dude got paid to handle the aids pandemic and covid didn’t fix either problems and now gets to retire with full benefits 🤔 . I feel sorry for anyone who’s lives got impacted by this man and his experiments on the human geno. And to those who lost there jobs cause they refused the vaccine that ended up not being affective anyways you think they would ever apologize for that.
pramod pokhrel
September 24, 2022 at 3:09 pm
sir really we are out from this type of dingerus desise
Jay Bee
September 24, 2022 at 4:41 pm
Any message that thinks he is a great man… Has to be a fake account. They are great at trying to brainwash us to believe that evil is good. We are not gullible anymore. Don’t ever forget what really happened here, people!
William Tung
September 24, 2022 at 5:59 pm
“Spreading by asymptomatic people,” ha!
1+ million, and keep going. We pay for our freedom and democracy. Cheap.
HinataRL
September 24, 2022 at 7:13 pm
This was a great discussion, thank you so much for sharing this content. Bless you TED-Team.
GL
September 24, 2022 at 8:29 pm
TED should be ashamed for even talking to this fraud
Big Man
September 25, 2022 at 1:46 am
Complicated…Biden says its OVER.🤣🤣🤦♂️
macforme
September 26, 2022 at 3:10 am
Thank you Doctor Fauci for all you have done for medicine and for people around the world.
Kitty's Klog
September 26, 2022 at 2:05 pm
Really ??
J K
September 26, 2022 at 3:30 pm
How many Branch Covidians still worship Messiah Fauci?
macforme
September 26, 2022 at 8:24 pm
@Kitty’s Klog REALLY! What have you done for humanity? …. before you start questioning Dr Fauci work.
尧浩
September 27, 2022 at 4:24 am
@macforme Actually he talks nothing but rubbish.
Andi Steel
September 26, 2022 at 12:11 pm
Yay Fauci! 🎉❤
Kitty's Klog
September 26, 2022 at 2:10 pm
This is not a severe varieant Dr Fauci…. What hospital have you visited lately this is not Alpha. Stop spreading fear as we will not buy it
Black Bbwandssbbw
September 26, 2022 at 6:14 pm
Str8 Bs
Black Bbwandssbbw
September 26, 2022 at 6:15 pm
This was the most bs I’ve ever seen in one
Jeremy Romero
September 26, 2022 at 8:01 pm
microbial or other biological agents, or toxins whatever their origin or method of production, of types and in quantities that have no justification for prophylactic, protective or other peaceful purposes;
Jeremy Romero
September 26, 2022 at 8:02 pm
Article 1 of United Nations. He is a criminal….lock him up.
Vadim Medvedev
September 26, 2022 at 8:49 pm
So great of Dr Fauci to warn us about the science misinformation and conspiracy theories out there 😀. No mention of the gain of function research that was done and the contradictory narrative in his private emails.
Steven Marzigliano
September 27, 2022 at 1:30 am
Thank you Flip Flop Faucci. You have killed people for financial gain
DarellDoughboy
September 27, 2022 at 2:00 am
How is he not in a cell by now
pramod pokhrel
September 27, 2022 at 1:29 pm
sir its really end of world
R1GAMBLER
September 27, 2022 at 9:42 pm
☝🏻 *CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY*
Scott Wilson
September 27, 2022 at 10:34 pm
people like you make me sick
Ash TV
September 27, 2022 at 11:11 pm
Hahahhahaha You should take the booster after 2 months 😂 You guys are a joke