Dr. Fauci feeling free to ‘let the science speak’

Bret Gibson
Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021 10:06 p.m. | Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021 10:06 p.m.

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White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks with Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, during a press briefing Thursday in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House.

Dr. Anthony Fauci looks as if he got his groove back.

Fauci, head of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, came out of his shell Thursday during a press conference, his first under the Biden administration.

“I can tell you, I take no pleasure at all in being in a situation of contradicting the President,” Fauci noting the fact he had been under the watchful eye of the Trump administration.

NEW: Dr. Fauci on TRUMP vs. BIDEN approach to science:

"The idea that you can get up here and…let the science speak, it is somewhat of a liberating feeling." pic.twitter.com/HKBuu7gEL7

— John Kruzel (@johnkruzel) January 21, 2021

“The idea that you can get up here and talk about what you know, what the evidence, what the science is — let the science speak,” the beaming 80-year-old added. “It is somewhat of a liberating feeling.”

Fauci moods: Biden briefings vs. Trump briefings pic.twitter.com/rNS6sIu9ZF

— The Recount (@therecount) January 21, 2021

His visage even appeared to look 10 years younger.

Introducing the new Fauci pain scale pic.twitter.com/K7Plf22iJy

— Mark Lewis (@marklewismd) January 21, 2021

live footage of fauci and the covid task force in the biden administration pic.twitter.com/BiF4SQ2Fwv

— emma lord (@dilemmalord) January 21, 2021

Who else thinks that Fauci looks younger? That weight we all felt lifted, was real. https://t.co/EvRU1UaetS

— Megan Ranney MD MPH ? (@meganranney) January 22, 2021