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DEAR RICHMOND FORUM SPONSORS AND SUBSCRIBERS,

Tonight is a big night! I can’t wait to reveal the next season. We hope you leave tonight’s program feeling as excited as we are about what we’ll get to learn together next year.

This year has been extraordinary. We’re so grateful for your support and enthusiasm.

We hosted some of the biggest names in the country for programs that both entertained and informed us.

We had our highest in-person attendance since the pandemic and reached our biggest audience ever, with 1,600 households joining us online.

We fostered meaningful personal relationships between Richmonders, national leaders, and thinkers who connect us to the world.

We won our bid to host the National Speech & Debate Association’s 2026 tournament. We cannot wait to welcome over 10,000 visitors to Richmond to crown high school national champions in speech and debate.

We expanded our support for our own speech and debate students so that when the national tournament comes to us, we’re ready. Thank you for supporting these efforts!

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TONIGHT’S PROGRAM

Jan Crawford & Kimberley Strassel ON THE DOCKET

APRIL 20, 2024

OPENING MUSIC

OPENING REMARKS

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

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Jan Crawford & Kimberley Strassel with Jayme Swain

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THE SUPREME COURT has emerged as one of the most dynamic and consequential institutions of our time. With a year of pivotal court cases ahead, journalists Jan Crawford and Kimberley Strassel come together tonight for a lively and nuanced conversation about the changing nature of the Court and the potential impact of the most anticipated cases on its 2024 docket. Crawford has covered the Supreme Court for more than 10 years and has conducted extensive interviews with nine of its justices. Strassel is an author and opinion columnist for The Wall Street Journal. This discussion between two women with divergent views will be a testament to the power of civil discourse and the value of engaging with different perspectives.

Jan Crawford

“THIS IS A MOMENT NOW WHERE [THE SUPREME COURT] CAN SHOW THAT THEY ARE ABOVE POLITICS, AND THAT THEY FOLLOW THE LAW, DEMONSTRATING THAT ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THESE TRUMP CASES.”

Kimberley Strassel

“[THERE IS] AN ONGOING CAMPAIGN BY THE LEFT TO BESMIRCH AND SMEAR JUSTICE THOMAS BECAUSE THEY ARE ANGRY OVER THE SHIFT OF THE COURT, AND THEY WILL DO ANYTHING TO TRY TO GET BACK POWER.”

TONIGHT’S SPEAKERS

Jan Crawford Kimberley Strassel

An award-winning legal journalist, Jan Crawford has covered the Supreme Court for more than 10 years and has conducted extensive interviews with nine of its justices. She is also the New York Times bestselling author of “Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court.” The book is not only a penetrating and unvarnished look at the making of the current U.S. Supreme Court, but also a news-breaking account of the coordinated campaign to move the Court in a more conservative direction.

Crawford previously served as a legal correspondent for ABC News, a Supreme Court analyst for PBS’s “NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” and CBS’s “Face the Nation,” and the chief legal affairs writer for the Chicago Tribune. On “NewsHour,” she provided live gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito. Crawford has received widespread acclaim for her exclusive reports and inside accounts of those nominations.

While at the Tribune, she twice won the paper’s highest reporting award. First in 1996 for her 13-part series about the state of the American South a generation after the civil rights movement, and again in 2001, as part of a team of reporters who covered the 2000 presidential election and the subsequent legal battle for the White House.

A member of the New York State Bar, Crawford is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama. She has taught journalism at American University and frequently speaks about the Court to universities and groups across the country.

Opinion columnist and author Kimberley Strassel delves into national affairs, top daily headlines, and the fundamental importance of civil liberties — specifically those guaranteed by the First Amendment — to healthy democracies.

As a member of The Wall Street Journal editorial board and author of the publication’s weekly “Potomac Watch” column, Strassel has established herself as a preeminent political commentator. Her informed views make her a sought-after contributor to Sunday political shows, including “Fox News Sunday,” CBS’s “Face the Nation,” and NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

Strassel began her career at the Journal in 1994 when she joined the news department in Brussels, later transferring to the London office. She moved to New York in 1999 and soon joined the Journal’s editorial page, working as a features editor and later as an editorial writer. She assumed her current position in 2005.

Strassel blends original reporting with historical context to spur thought-provoking conversations about current events and the impact of political and social actions on civil liberties. She is the author of three books, including “Resistance (At All Costs): How Trump Haters are Breaking America” and “The Intimidation Game: How the Left Is Silencing Free Speech.” In the latter, Strassel outlines the tactics and strategies used to limit free speech and offers solutions for combating this encroachment on First Amendment rights.

An Oregon native, Strassel earned a bachelor’s degree in public policy and international affairs from Princeton University. She lives in Alaska with her three children.

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JAYME SWAIN IS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF VPM, Virginia’s home for public media, and the Virginia Foundation for Public Media. VPM is a network of PBS and NPR stations across Central Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley that connects nearly two million people to insightful programming about the arts, culture, history, science, news, and education.

Swain’s leadership has strengthened VPM’s position as a trusted source of information for Virginians and a powerhouse distributor of multiplatform, award-winning content for national and international audiences. She manages the advancement of an endowment that supports VPM’s mission to guarantee the future of Virginia’s public media for generations to come.

Swain graduated from the University of Virginia and is now a media executive with more than 20 years of experience in broadcast, print, and digital media. Prior to joining VPM in January 2019, she served as senior vice president of strategy and operations at PBS. Swain serves on the PBS Board of Directors and is chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

She is also a member of the Organization for State Broadcasting Executives and chairs the Editorial Integrity Committee. Locally, she serves on the University of Virginia’s Karsh Institute of Democracy Advisory Board as well as the Board of Directors for Elevate Early Education (E3), the Community Foundation for a greater Richmond, the Richmond Performing Arts Alliance, the Virginia Association of Broadcasters, and ChamberRVA.

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Ned Haskins, the founder of Ninja Strings, was a cello performance student on scholarship at Florida State University and a section cellist in the Albany (Georgia), Pensacola, and Tallahassee Symphony Orchestras. Today, he manages and books all events for Ninja Strings and is a substitute cellist with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra.

Other primary members of Ninja Strings include Sage Wright, winner of multiple awards at the Galax Fiddlers Convention and an alumna of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, and Marissa Resmini, a VCU alumna, former concertmaster of the Richmond Philharmonic, and sought-after violinist for musicals and other professional work.

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SUPREME COURT 101

A CIVICS REFRESHER TO PREPARE FOR TONIGHT’S CONVERSATION

“EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW” — These words, written above the main entrance to the Supreme Court building, express the ultimate responsibility of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Court is the highest tribunal in the nation for all cases and controversies arising under the Constitution and federal laws of the United States. As the final arbiter of the law, the Court is charged to protect equal justice under law for the American people, thereby acting as guardian and interpreter of the Constitution.

How does a case make its way to the Supreme Court?

The justices must exercise considerable discretion in deciding which cases to hear, since approximately 5,000 - 7,000 civil and criminal cases from state and federal courts are filed in the Supreme Court every year. The Supreme Court also has “original jurisdiction” in a very small number of cases arising from disputes between states or between a state and the federal government.

Most constitutional cases start with a simple argument: The government has violated the Constitution. The violation in question may be a law passed by Congress, a state legislature, or a town council, or it may be an action taken by a government official.

When the Supreme Court rules on a constitutional issue, that judgment is effectively final. Its decisions can only be altered by a constitutional amendment, which is rare, or by a new ruling of the Court. However, when the Court interprets a statute, new legislative action can be taken.

How does the Supreme Court operate?

A term of the Supreme Court begins on the first Monday in October and continues until late June or early July. The term is divided between “sittings,” when the justices hear cases and deliver opinions, and intervening “recesses,” when they consider the business before the Court and write opinions. Sittings and recesses alternate about once every two weeks.

With rare exceptions, each side is allowed 30 minutes to present arguments. The Court hears an average of two arguments a day, with occasional arguments in the afternoon. No juries or

Supreme Court Justices

Chief Justice of the United States

John G. Roberts Jr. (2005, George W. Bush)

Associate Justices

Clarence Thomas (1991, George H.W. Bush)

Samuel A. Alito Jr. (2006, George W. Bush)

Sonia Sotomayor (2009, Barack Obama)

Elena Kagan (2010, Barack Obama)

Neil M. Gorsuch (2017, Donald Trump)

Brett M. Kavanaugh (2018, Donald Trump)

Amy Coney Barrett (2020, Donald Trump)

Ketanji Brown Jackson (2022, Joe Biden)

witnesses are heard because the majority of cases involve the review of a decision by a lower court. For each case, the Court reviews a record of prior proceedings and printed briefs that contain the arguments of each side.

The justices then confer once or twice a week to discuss the cases heard at oral argument. In the intervening recess, the justices study cases and work on their opinions. In nearly every case, one justice writes a majority opinion, which has the support of a majority of the justices. In some cases — often the most closely watched cases — one or more justices may write a dissenting opinion. The dissenting opinion explains why they disagree with the majority and why they would make a different decision.

Oral arguments typically conclude in April. Opinions are released throughout the term, with the final opinions (often on the most important and controversial cases) issued at the end of June.

After the Court recesses for the summer, the justices continue to analyze new petitions for review, consider motions and applications, and prepare for cases scheduled for fall argument.

Glossary

Judicial Review

The ability of the Court to declare a legislative or executive act in violation of the Constitution.

Concurring Opinion

Sometimes a justice votes with the majority of the Court on the outcome of a case but wants to write a separate concurring opinion (or concurrence). For example, a concurrence in the judgment may give different reasons for reaching the same conclusion.

Certiorari

Certiorari is a “writ” by which a higher court reviews some lower court’s decision. In the Supreme Court, if four justices agree to review the case, then the Court will hear the case. This is referred to as “granting certiorari,” often abbreviated as “cert.” If four justices do not agree to review the case, the Court will not hear the case. This is defined as denying certiorari.

Merits Brief

Once the Supreme Court has granted certiorari in a case, each party has the opportunity to file merits briefs. Unlike the certiorari-stage briefs, which tell the Court why it should or should not take the case, the merits briefs tell the Court why each party thinks they deserve to win.

Amicus Curiae Brief

A brief filed by a person, group, or entity that is not a party to the case but nonetheless wishes to provide the Court with its perspective on the issue before it.

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DOCKET DEEP DIVE

GET TO KNOW SOME OF THIS YEAR’S MOST ANTICIPATED CASES

ORAL ARGUMENTS FOR THE CURRENT SUPREME COURT TERM will conclude next week. Over the coming months, we can expect to begin hearing the majority of the Court’s decisions on a wide range of pivotal cases. Each one is poised to significantly shape the legal landscape of the nation. Let’s take a look at some of the most prominent cases that hold the potential to leave an indelible mark on American jurisprudence for years to come. Jan Crawford and Kimberley Strassel will elaborate on some of these during the first half of tonight’s program, but we encourage you to pose your own questions about the cases that interest you most.

GUN CONTROL BANKRUPTCY

U.S. v. Rahimi

Oral argument held Nov. 7

Does a federal law prohibiting the possession of firearms by persons subject to domestic violence protective orders violate the Second Amendment?

At oral argument, the justices may have appeared inclined to allow the ban on gun possession for people who are subject to domestic violence protective orders. This potential decision would be among the first to show the limits of New York State Rifle & Pistol Assoc. v. Bruen, the Court’s 2022 landmark decision expanding the rights of gun owners. The decision of this case could set a precedent for many other gun control measures across the country.

Garland v. Cargill

Oral argument held Feb. 28

Is a federal ban on bump stocks, which speed up how quickly bullets can be fired from a rifle, unconstitutional?

After the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting in which a gunman used bump stocks to kill 58 people, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) reclassified bump stocks as machine guns. Machine guns are a class of firearms that have been banned from sale to civilians since 1986. Licensed firearms dealer Michael Cargill of Austin, Texas, filed a lawsuit challenging the ATF regulations, arguing that the ATF exceeded its authority in defining bump stocks as machine guns.

Harrington v. Purdue Pharma

Oral argument held Dec. 4

According to federal bankruptcy laws, can the family that owns Purdue Pharma be spared from future opioid-related litigation?

A division of the Justice Department is challenging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit’s approval of a multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma, the maker of the opioid OxyContin. The provisions of the plan in question release members of the Sackler family — who are the principal owners of Purdue Pharma and controlled the company until recently — from civil liability for opioid-related claims. The plan has broad support from creditors, municipalities, and victims, who see the plan as the only way to ensure that they will receive compensation and funding from the Sackler family for opioid recovery projects. At the same time, the dispute raises broader questions about whether and when it is appropriate to resolve mass tort cases through the bankruptcy system.

SOCIAL MEDIA

FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine

Oral argument held Mar. 26

Should access to mifepristone, an abortion medication used in more than half of all U.S. abortions be restricted?

First approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2000, mifepristone is used as part of a two-drug regimen to terminate pregnancies. In 2021, the FDA allowed mifepristone to be obtained by mail from certified medical businesses and practitioners, greatly increasing access to the drug. A group of doctors and medical organizations petitioned a court in Texas to revoke the FDA’s approval of the medication under the argument that it did not properly consider all evidence at the time and that the protocol is “unsafe.” If upheld by the Supreme Court, the ruling would significantly restrict, but not eliminate altogether, access to mifepristone.

Idaho v. U.S.

Oral argument to be held on April 24

Does a federal law requiring emergency room care for life-threatening cases means ER doctors in states with strict abortion bans must nevertheless terminate pregnancies in certain circumstances?

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in 2022, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, which requires hospitals receiving Medicare funding to offer “necessary stabilizing treatment” to pregnant women in emergencies, has been leveraged as a way to challenge state-level abortion bans in federal court. Idaho v. U.S. will test whether that mandate also applies to emergency abortion care by determining if the federal law on which the lower court relied trumps an Idaho law that criminalizes most abortions in the state.

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Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice, LLC

Oral argument held Feb. 26

Does the First Amendment allows states to restrict social media companies from removing certain political posts or accounts?

Tech industry groups, including Facebook’s parent company Meta and Google’s YouTube, asked the Court to block Texas and Florida laws passed in 2021 that regulate companies’ content-moderation policies. The Court’s review of the laws will be the highestprofile examination to date of allegations that Silicon Valley companies illegally censor conservative viewpoints.

Murthy v. Missouri

Oral argument held Mar. 18

Did the Biden administration violate the First Amendment in its contacts with social media companies about public health and election misinformation?

A lower court ruled that top government officials likely violated the First Amendment by improperly pressuring tech companies to take down what they saw as problematic posts about public health and election-related disinformation. Republican attorneys general in Louisiana and Missouri initiated the lawsuit, which raises novel questions about how free speech protections apply online. There are also implications for how government officials interact with social media companies and use the popular platforms to communicate with the public.

Oral argument to be held on April 22

HOUSING City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Gloria Johnson

Can state and local officials punish homeless individuals for camping and sleeping in public spaces when shelter beds are unavailable?

A lower court declared that the enforcement of anti-camping and anti-sleeping laws against involuntarily unhoused individuals when they have nowhere else to sleep violates the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause of the Eighth Amendment. Leaders in cities on the West Coast say the ruling has made it more difficult to address safety and public health risks created by tents and makeshift structures. The Court’s decision could affect how other cities address their own epidemics of homelessness.

VOTING MAPS

Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP

Oral argument held Oct. 1

Is South Carolina’s redrawn congressional map an illegal racial gerrymander?

After the 2020 Census, South Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature adopted a new congressional map that moved tens of thousands of Black voters to a different district, effectively making it a safe seat for Republicans. The state’s conference of the NAACP sued, and a three-judge panel concluded that the district was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The legislators appealed directly to the Supreme Court, arguing that the map was a permissible political gerrymander and race was merely an effect. The Court’s ruling could set a precedent for how issues of politics and race are dealt with in the future.

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2023-2024 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EXECUTIVECOMMITTEE

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SPEECH & DEBATE

AN (ALMOST) END-OF-SEASON UPDATE

THE RICHMOND FORUM SPEECH & DEBATE INITIATIVE has done it again, thanks to your support. Local engagement in these critical programs has nearly doubled in just one year!

2022 - 2023 Season

30 teams with 500 students

275 students competed three or more times before winter break

8 tournaments with over 750 entries

18 National Tournament qualifiers

84 active judges

2023 - 2024 Season

31 teams with 926 students!

181 students competed three or more times before winter break

7 tournaments with over 1,450 entries!

20 National Tournament qualifiers

136 active judges!

Congrats to the National Tournament qualifiers from our partner schools!

REVOLUTIONARY RHETORIC

VIRGINIA’S DEBATE TOURNAMENT

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION was inspired by discussions and debates that took place in Colonial Williamsburg 250 years ago. Memories of those formative times remain alive today and inspire new generations while encouraging fresh debates about how best to strive for a more perfect union.

This October, Colonial Williamsburg, in partnership with the Richmond Forum Speech & Debate Initiative, will host the Revolutionary Rhetoric Debate Invitational. Promising high school students will debate one another just as our founders did, fulfilling our promise that the future will learn from the past.

Top students from across the Commonwealth will step back in time to debate topics related to Virginia’s role in establishing America’s independence. The invitational’s cornerstone student congress competition of the weekend will even be held in the Capitol building.

Williamsburg’s Capitol was the center of British authority in Virginia for most of the 1700’s. It was where the people of Virginia passed laws, debated revolutionary ideas, appeared in court, and pled for emancipation. The House of Burgesses gathered in the building from 1705 until 1776. Some of the most dramatic scenes of the American Revolution unfolded in the Capitol and we hope the historic setting will ignite a fire within our students.

The invitational is generously sponsored by Learn more at richmondforum.org/revolutionaryrhetoric

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1988

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1989

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1990

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1991–1992

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1992–1993

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1995–1996

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1998–1999

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1999–2000

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2000–2001

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2001–2002

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2002–2003

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2003–2004

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2004–2005

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2005–2006

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2006–2007

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2007–2008

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2008–2009

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2009–2010

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2010–2011

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2011–2012

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2012–2013

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2013–2014

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2014–2015

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2015–2016

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2016–2017

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2017–2018

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2018–2019

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2019–2020

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2020–2021

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March John Lithgow

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2023–2024

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DR. ANTHONY FAUCI

AT THE RICHMOND FORUM MARCH 16, 2024

DR. ANTHONY FAUCI became a household name in 2020, but his commitment to public health and biomedical research has spanned a lifetime. In a conversation about his decadeslong career, Fauci shared stories from his early days at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), along with the many lessons he learned while leading the nation through two of the most significant global health crises in modern history: HIV/ AIDS and COVID-19.

Growing up in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, Fauci was drawn to a career in medicine and public service from a young age. He learned it from his father, a pharmacist who served as a “pseudo doc” for the neighborhood, and from his Jesuit education that emphasized service to others.

Fauci’s desire to serve the greater good ultimately drove him to NIAID where, from 1968 to 1981, he experienced a series of successes in treating a variety of autoimmune inflammatory diseases with therapeutic regimens that he developed. “Then along came HIV in the summer of 1981, and I was struck by the potential for this to become a global pandemic,” Fauci said. “I was trained to be a healer and I was healing nobody. Everybody was dying. It was a horrible situation.”

This dark period pushed him to step into the role of NIAID’s director in 1984 so he could “focus on doing something about this disease” and lead the development of life-saving treatments. He remained in this role until 2022, working under the administrations of seven U.S. presidents throughout his tenure.

Fauci noted that each administration brought a different approach to leading the government’s response to the public health crises of the time, whether it be Ebola, Zika, or swine flu. Each time the administration changed, he had to adjust his own leadership.

He had two jobs when COVID arrived: to develop the vaccine, and to communicate to the American people what they needed to do to keep themselves safe. The latter proved to be increasingly difficult as misinformation and political divisiveness prevented a unified effort to combat the disease. “In trying to be truthful … I became a target,” Fauci said. “I dealt with it by focusing on what my job is, and my job is to help preserve and protect the health of the American public.”

Fauci was thrust into both the public eye and popular culture. Brad Pitt impersonated him on “Saturday Night Live” and he was even nominated for People’s “Sexiest Man Alive.” When asked if these moments were fun for him, he responded, “I don’t think fun is the right word, but if fun motivates people to do something that saves their lives, then it’s worth doing.”

According to Fauci, another pandemic is inevitable — maybe not in our lifetime, but very likely in the lifetime of our children or grandchildren. The next pandemic could likely be the result of climate change. “Pandemics are a reality and always have been,” he said.

“The only way to address a perpetual challenge is to be perpetually prepared,” Fauci said, adding that it’s important to heed the lessons learned from COVID and remain ready for whatever public health threat next arises.

As for what that preparation should look like, Fauci believes the U.S. must heavily invest in basic and clinical biomedical research and maintain strong local public health infrastructure. It is also vital to address inequities in access to healthcare and nutritious food in order to create healthier communities. Finally, he believes that we must educate the public, especially younger generations, on how to become more science literate.

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