As I write this, I am listening in the background to an interview of Dr. Anthony Fauci by Dr. Sanjay Gupta through the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Fauci’s leadership (along with that of other physicians and epidemiologists) has apparently prompted what news outlets are calling the Fauci Effect, an 18% increase in the number of applications to medical school this year. I find this encouraging. After all, one could envision people running for the hills with the physical threat that COVID has posed for physicians (and other critical medical staff and front line workers). See the interview (oriented for a medical and public health community) with Dr. Fauci here.
