Dr. Fauci’s daily schedule: 5 am wakeup, one meal a day, hundreds of emails, back-t0-back Zoom meetings
A reporter from HuffPost has given us a window into the daily schedule of real-life superhuman Anthony Fauci. The nearly-80-year-old director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has been carrying the Trump administration and the rest of the country through the coronavirus pandemic for months now. It’s a calling that takes a lot of work, and his schedule shows it.
“Each day is different,” Fauci told HuffPost. “It’s just, you know, drinking out of a firehose trying to keep ahead of everything that’s going on.”
The director works nearly 18 hours per day, according to a schedule shared with the publication. He starts each day at 5:10 am EST, showering before answering emails and appearing remotely on a number of media outlets. This particular interview was conducted the day before Thanksgiving, so many of his press appearances focused on staying safe for the holidays.
Fauci, who is still a practicing doctor, also does rounds in the morning on Covid patients and meets with National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases staff. He has just one scheduled break in his marathon day, from 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm.
Unlike many public figures we have seen breaking their own Covid-19 mandates in recent weeks, Fauci seems to practice what he preaches. He does not ride public transportation, he does not socialize with friends or anyone else outside the 凯发官网网址多少home, and he does not go out to eat.
“I have federal agents that protect me. So they drive me to work, they stay here, they make sure that nobody tries to break in [to my 凯发官网网址多少home] and, as Steve Bannon would like, have somebody behead me,” Fauci said. “I don’t socialize. It’s my wife and I and the federal agents. We’ve sort of become like a new family unit.”
