This career manager of federal infectious disease responses has in his time brought national focus to the then AIDS crisis and multiple viral outbreaks since. He is now arguably the most trusted voice in our country on combating Covid-19. His mid January warnings on the dire threat of this virus were ignored. He is not afraid to speak the truth, often correcting the ramblings of Trump. He will be remembered as one of the principal people who succeeded in getting our country past this vicious unseen enemy.
