Put a Lock on It, Fauci
BooksPut a Lock on It, FauciThe private notes of the man who oversaw COVID policy are deeply embarrassing—and surprisingly instructive.By Gal BeckermanIllustration by Jonelle Afurong / The Atlantic. Source: Peter Dazeley.July 29, 2026, 5:35 PM ET ShareSave My teenage daughter has a diary. It’s pink and, most important, has an elaborate lock on it.
- ▪BooksPut a Lock on It, FauciThe private notes of the man who oversaw COVID policy are deeply embarrassing—and surprisingly instructive.By Gal BeckermanIllustration by Jonelle Afurong / The Atlantic.
- ▪Source: Peter Dazeley.July 29, 2026, 5:35 PM ET ShareSave My teenage daughter has a diary.
- ▪It’s pink and, most important, has an elaborate lock on it.
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BooksPut a Lock on It, FauciThe private notes of the man who oversaw COVID policy are deeply embarrassing—and surprisingly instructive.By Gal BeckermanIllustration by Jonelle Afurong / The Atlantic. Source: Peter Dazeley.July 29, 2026, 5:35 PM ET ShareSave My teenage daughter has a diary. It’s pink and, most important, has an elaborate lock on it. And if I could go back in time to 2020, I might send this exact sort of journal to Anthony Fauci. Every night, when he was finished sharing his thoughts about battling COVID, he could have locked it, scrambled the combination, and then buried it in his sock drawer, as I think my daughter does.Before this weekend, I would never have dreamed of comparing the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases with a…
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