Dr. Fauci wins $1 million Dan David prize for 'defending science'
Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden's chief medical advisor, won one of the three Dan David Prizes, Israeli awards that each grant $1 million ( £720,440, AU$1.29 million) to recipients. The international awards are given in the categories Past, Present and Future, with Fauci winning the Present award, given for "achievements that shape and enrich society today."
"The Dan David Prize recognizes and encourages innovative and interdisciplinary research that cuts across traditional boundaries and paradigms," the official website for the award says. "It aims to promote scientific, technological and humanistic achievements that advance and improve our lives and our knowledge of the world."
Fauci was praised for "courageously defending science in the face of uninformed opposition during the challenging COVID crisis.
"In addition to traditional vaccine methods, he and his team recognized the value of novel vaccine approaches, such as mRNA vaccines, and quickly moved them into clinical development," the Dan David Foundation said on its site. "Several of these vaccines have gained approval and are now being widely distributed to inoculate millions of people worldwide against the coronavirus."
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he probably wouldn't have won it without Donald Rump's constant haranguing. Fauci never had to defend science with any other president, but Rump, being Rump, would rather believe in miracles and some asshole pillow guy, than science.
So thanks, Donnie Dimwit! You made Dr. Fauci a million dollars richer just by being an asshole. 