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In a previous career, I worked for the United States Public Health Service (PHS). I worked in HIV/AIDS. We called it trench warfare. There were many MDs and PhD scientists and researchers on the front lines of this plague, working their best years to get a handle on HIV/AIDS. No one worked harder, longer or with more passion.

I actually knew Tony Fauci back in the late 80s/early 90s. His dedication as a public servent for serving this nation and attempting to preserve the public's health is something that would take volumes to document. He was NEVER political. Viruses don't have party affiliation or religion or race or gender or ideology or fairness. For many of us, Tony was a beacon - he never gave up, never flagged, never ever relented. Let me tell you - working in those (Reagan) years of HIV/AIDS was a climate of HUGE burn out. So many friends, co-workers, peers, colleagues lost in the prime of their lives.

But Doctor Anthony Fauci was like a talisman we all shared. When I hear low IQ, low-information, low-education, vapid, shallow, glib scumbags criticize him (or worse) it makes my blood boil. Tony walked the walk of this nation and all of us in the various fields fighting this pandemic (and its ugly prejudice) get through those years with dedication, compassion and conviction.

The man is a national treasure.