He has Sicilian origins and is one of the most important men in Trump's court. One of his advisers in the fight that we have been experiencing for months against the Coronavirus. Who are we talking about? By Anthony Fauci, the famous and internationally influential immunologist. But do you know that his grandparents were Sicilians? Di Sciacca, a town in the province of Agrigento. And the prestige that Fauci has achieved internationally is so great that the inhabitants of the Sicilian town are ready to confer honorary citizenship on him. An excellence that we can say, precisely because of its origins, even a little Italian.
Anthony Fauci, born in New York but very attached to Italy
The doctor was born in Brooklyn. But his paternal grandparents were originally from Sciacca. The grandfather was called like him, Antonino Fauci, grandmother Calogera Guardino. The maternal grandparents, on the other hand, were from Naples. But both families soon moved to New York in the early twentieth century. They first settled in the Italian area of the city. Fauci's parents were born there, who later met at school and married. They both owned a pharmacy. And during his university studies in medicine, Anthony helped his father in the pharmacy.
Anthony Fauci's role in the American Task Force
In the group that has been dealing with the fight to Coronavirus in the United States, Anthony Fauci plays a leading role. His worldwide fame as an immunologist, but also the fact of being the director of the US institute for the study of infectious diseases Niaid (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) have won everyone over. The President of the United States Donald Trump has appointed him as a consultant to help him put in place a strategy for the fight against Covid. Over the years then also engaged in AIDS research.
He is also a member of the National Academy of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Institute of Medicine (council member), the American Philosophical Society and the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. He has written many scientific publications, textbooks, so much so that he is considered one of the most relevant characters of this period.
Fauci's message to Italian television
And on Sunday evening Anthony Fauci was interviewed by Fabio Fazio during his TV show “Che tempo che fa”. In connection from America he spoke about his experience in the American task force in the fight against Covid. "I have a feeling I can say that I am cautiously optimistic - he noted -. And to be able to say that there will be a Vaccine at the beginning of the 2021″. "It is not possible to give a definitive answer on the times - added -. But only in the US, and they are not the only ones, there are 6 vaccines undergoing tests and 4 already in phase 3. We can say that we will be able to know the probability of effectiveness in November-December, less likely in October.". But on one thing it is clear: once the vaccine is ready it will have to be "available to all countries, even to those less fortunate".
