Source: The Washington Post - Link
This is the context in which the MAGA right has chosen to make Anthony S. Fauci — the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984 — the villain in their hallucinogenic version of pandemic history.
Fauci, like all scientists, has made statements that later proved to be somewhat off as evidence comes to light. The difference between science and religion is that science will eventually pay attention to evidence – at least when egos are finally sublimated.