{"id":1390631,"date":"2022-03-20T09:41:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T13:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1390631"},"modified":"2022-03-20T13:44:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T17:44:49","slug":"fauci-laughs-off-potential-retirement-i-want-to-make-sure-were-really-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-laughs-off-potential-retirement-i-want-to-make-sure-were-really-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Fauci Laughs Off Potential Retirement: \u2018I Want To Make Sure We\u2019re Really Out\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffauci-laughs-off-potential-retirement-i-want-to-make-sure-were-really-out%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1390631&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1237662729.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>White House Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci quickly backpedaled on Sunday after suggesting just last week that he might be thinking about retiring soon.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci, who floated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/news\/fauci-suggests-he-could-retire-soon\/\">possibility of retirement<\/a>\u00a0during an interview with Brad Mielke on the podcast \u201cStart Here,\u201d said that he intended to stay in his position at least until the \u201cpandemic phase\u201d was over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have said that I would stay in what I\u2019m doing until we get out of the pandemic phase and I think we might be there already, if we can stay in this,\u201d Fauci said, adding, \u201cI can\u2019t stay at this job forever, unless my staff is gonna find me slumped over my desk one day. I\u2019d rather not do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although he stopped short of announcing an actual plan to retire, Fauci also said that he looked forward to the time when he could spend more time with his wife and the rest of his family.<\/p>\n<p>But on Sunday\u2019s broadcast of \u201cThis Week,\u201d Fauci made it clear that he <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/fauci-unmasked-daily-wire-releases-new-docuseries\/\">didn\u2019t expect anything to change<\/a> in the near future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GStephanopoulos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GStephanopoulos<\/a>: \u201cAre we approaching the point where we are past the pandemic phase and you&#8217;ll go get some rest?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Fauci: \u201cI&#8217;m not so sure. I want to make sure we&#8217;re really out of this before I really seriously consider doing anything different.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AcoWdwYNTg\">https:\/\/t.co\/AcoWdwYNTg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iRMDlyZXG4\">pic.twitter.com\/iRMDlyZXG4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisWeekABC\/status\/1505562622292557835?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Noting that the White House had hired Dr. Ashish Jha to replace <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/bidens-covid-19-response-coordinator-leaving-white-house\/\">former COVID Coordinator Jeff Zients<\/a>, \u201cThis Week\u201d host George Stephanopoulos asked whether it was, as Fauci suggested, time for him to step aside and \u201cget some rest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve said you\u2019re going to stay in this job until we get out of the pandemic phase. You\u2019ve served your country for decades. Are we approaching the point we\u2019re beyond the pandemic phase and you\u2019ll get some rest?\u201d Stephanopoulos asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not so sure, George,\u201d Fauci said, laughing. \u201cI want to make sure we\u2019re really out of this before I consider doing anything different. We\u2019re still in this. We have a way to go. We\u2019re clearly going in the right direction. I hope we stay that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fauci also suggested during that Sunday interview that the world should be prepared for the potential rise of new variants as time went on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dr. Anthony Fauci: &#8220;This virus has fooled us before, and we really must be prepared for the possibility that we might get another variant and we don&#8217;t want to be caught flatfooted on that.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JAxVOQT5k2\">https:\/\/t.co\/JAxVOQT5k2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rKjBJv6juk\">pic.twitter.com\/rKjBJv6juk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisWeekABC\/status\/1505561858186563586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis virus has fooled us before, and we really must be prepared for the possibility that we might get another variant and we don\u2019t want to be caught flatfooted on that,\u201d Fauci said.<\/p>\n<p>He also hinted at the possibility of new lockdowns in the face of new variants, saying, \u201cIf in fact, we do see a turnaround and a resurgence, we have to be able to pivot and go back to any degree of mitigation that is commensurate with what the situation is. We can\u2019t just say, \u2018We\u2019re done. We\u2019re going to move on.\u2019 We\u2019ve got to be able to be flexible because we\u2019re dealing with a dynamic situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Critics are likely to be disappointed by Fauci\u2019s determination to stay in the game a little longer, some of whom had already voiced support for his possible retirement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinally, something to cheer for,\u201d Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1505232766031458306\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about time,\u201d Mercedes Schlapp <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mercedesschlapp\/status\/1504908685734207493\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci quickly backpedaled on Sunday after suggesting just last week that he might be thinking about retiring soon.Fauci, who floated the possibility of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1390631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1390631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1390631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1390631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1390631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}