"I want to be on the front lines of the next one", says Sam Smith, a University of Colorado Boulder grad who is applying to medical schools.
Typical comment from the fine doctor:
It's "very flattering," Fauci said. "Probably a more realistic assessment is that, rather than the Fauci Effect, it's the effect of a physician who is trying to and hopefully succeeding in having an important impact on an individual's health, as well as on global health. So if it works to get more young individuals into medical school, go ahead and use my name. Be my guest."