We learned from this that Fauci makes $430,000 a year as head of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; and his wife makes $176,000 as head of Bioethics at NIH. Golly - that's more than the President makes. (I am reminded of Babe Ruth's comment when he was told that he made more than President Hoover: "Well, I had a better year."). Sounds like a lot but when you go to the Kansas public employee salary website he would only be #15 in the state list behind several doctors who are head of this or that state medical institute. And BTW that list does not include some of the KU athletics coaches who make far more but are LLCs. According to Wikipedia he made $4 million last year. That's a rant for another day.
According to the DM Fauci and his wife are worth $10.4 million between them. That's not very surprising if they make $600,000 a year.
In headline font which I won't bother to reproduce DM tells us:
How Fauci has profited from the pandemic: Senator he called 'moron' leaks his unredacted financial disclosures that show he raked in $5,000 from one virtual event and he and his wife are worth at least $10 million
Dr Anthony Fauci is the highest-paid federal employee - earning more than President Joe Biden
Fauci earns $434,312 as head of the NIAID while presidents earn $400,000 annually since 2001
New disclosures show he also receives royalties exceeding $100,000 a year from medical textbooks
In 2020 he accepted a $5,000 'travel reimbursement' to virtually attend the RFK Ripple of Hope gala
Publicly available salary information for Fauci shows he earned $3.6 million from 2010 to 2019
He will make roughly $2.5 million more for the years 2020 through 2024 if he stays on through Biden's term
Fauci's wife, Christine Grady, earns $176,000 as Chief of the Department of Bioethics at the NIH
His investment accounts total $8,337,940.90, while she is worth $2,083,097.09, leaked declarations show
Fauci's records show that he was paid $13,298 to attend four galas and ceremonies - three of them virtual
But just go down the page and read the comments. Sort them by 'Best Rated'. This what you get:
So 'Fauci lied, people died.' gets 2134 upvotes and 213 down votes. (One of those is mine. You don't have to register to vote on a comment but you may get junk e mails.)
That's a 10:1 ratio. I'm sure if you sat Fauci down and said 'Tell us about all the mis-steps you've made about HIV and SARS-CoV-2' he'd probably say - 'How long have you got, or shall I just do the top 10?'
I don't hero worship Fauci but I think he's a competent thoughtful doctor who I first came across early in the HIV/AIDS story. He's well paid but could make a lot lot lot more in private companies or academic settings. I am truly worried about his safety - he gets death threats and some of these people have guns and the conviction that they are right - but if the Rs take Congress and/or the Senate in ten months from now, I'd hate to think what his fate might be.
This is in-fucking-sanity. I know it's not a scientific survey and a much more recent properly conducted poll had 52% of people thinking he should resign. But still . . .