down from his role at the national institutes of health, having served seven presidents, republicans and democrats. he says he s ready for his next chapter, so, what might he do next? here s our chief white house correspondent cecilia vega now. reporter: one of the most visible faces in the fight against covid, both revered and loathed, dr. anthony fauci today announcing he will step down as president biden s chief medical adviser and head of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases, which he has led for nearly 40 years. i do want to do other things in my career. reporter: he s advised seven presidents, all of them since ronald reagan, on the front lines of everything from ebola and zika, to the fight against hiv and aids. dr. anthony s. fauci. reporter: president george w. bush awarded him the medal of freedom. but it was the controversy that turned f ed f ed fauci into a h
on the vaccines aren t stopping the spreadr for people from getting sick. so s when can we end this mandate s work? they obviously don t and in fact positive people are allowed to come back andal certain overstressed hospitalsls now anyway. ni yes, that s exactly right. that s actually happening in the pharma industry again, i ve been hearing from lots of sales reps from from lots of pharma companies and it s very common. first of all, it s very not uncommon unfortunately for sales reps to get fired if they don t get the vaxx. but in other companieset, the unvaccinated sales reps are not allowed to got to visit their customers, which in our case are doctors, even ifre they re virus free. conversely, if you ve got the vaxx, you can go to visit doctor s offices and you may well be carrying the virus. so it makes no sense, makes no sense economically, morally science wise. it just it just belies common sense. i think d whenever the cdc or d.