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Dr. Anthony falchi.

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Dr. Anthony falchi.

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If we are lucky to have you as one of the most influential

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figures in the nation when it comes to the coronavirus,

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we will see more cases and things will get worse than they are

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right now found Chi and immunologist.

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Is it top adviser to the White House and the Department of

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Health and Human Services to the question arises is is the

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medication working. He's often the one you see on TV during

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press conferences as a member of the administration's

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coronavirus task force.

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He was recently voted the most trusted leader in America

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on the coronavirus in a Business Insider pole.

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But how did falchi become one of the most respected disease

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experts in the country born in Brooklyn in 1940 found she was

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no stranger to help in medicine spending time assisting

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his parents in the pharmacy.

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They owned and it's 79 years old.

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He has had a long medical career it kicked off when he graduated

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at the top of his class from Cornell University Medical College

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in 1966. He completed a residency at the New York Hospital

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Cornell Medical Center.

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He was appointed director of the National Institute of allergy

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and infectious diseases in 1984 a position.

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He still holds today his role as a top advisor for the government

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on health concerns has spanned six presidents and is focused

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on research for a multitude of viruses and illnesses including

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HIV Aids sores.

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Ebola tuberculosis and malaria in 2008.

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You received the presidential medal of freedom from George

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W. Bush. He now spends his days briefing reporters and Advising

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the President and Vice President while continuing to do additional

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work as the Director of the National Institute of allergy

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and infectious diseases.

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He's long been known for his Extreme Workout and he certainly

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hasn't slowed down while working on the coronavirus pandemic.

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He told the New York Times that his current schedule involves

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working about 20 hours a day on a recent episode of The New York

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Times podcast. The daily falchi said I'm with the vice president

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for hours at a time.

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I see the president himself at least an hour a day and maybe

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more and then I go back home and I have a thousand things

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to do and then you're lucky if you get to go to bed before

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midnight despite the long hours.

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He tries to get in exercise when he can although his Norm 7 Mile

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lunch time runs have dwindled to the occasional power walk during

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this crisis without cheese increase in popularity hasn't come

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without concern. He now has increased personal security

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because of a growing number of death threats.

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He's received according to CNN is found.

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She continues to advise Trump and appear on press briefing.

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He sometimes will step in front of trump to add clarification

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to the president's statements including comments.

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He has made on hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment

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for covid-19. That's something that is now being looked at but

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we don't have any data to be able to send it to definitively

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but I hope they use it because I'll tell you what

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What do you have to lose yet?

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Falchi has held firm that he speaks out of his own discretion

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and that might be why he's become so popular.

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I'm doing everything I do is voluntarily.

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Please don't even imply that

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So the general issue about letting people out of a Facility

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Who resemble off?