Fauci's Private COVID Diaries Reveal Fixation on Fame and Doubts About the Pandemic Response

Newly surfaced private writings from Anthony Fauci portray a public health official absorbed by his own celebrity while privately describing the federal pandemic response as chaotic, leaderless and riven by rivalries. The diaries include entries on school closures, the lab-leak debate and prize money, and outlets across the spectrum have seized on the contradictions between what Fauci wrote privately and what he said publicly.