Anthony Fauci, the White House consultant scientist famous throughout the world for his commitment to the battle against Covid, will receive the Honorary PhD in “Advances in infectious diseases, microbiology, legal medicine and public health sciences” from the La Sapienza University of Rome. Fauci will be on video from the United Statesi and said he was particularly pleased with the recognition. The event will be streamed live from 15pm on Sapienza YouTube channel. The rector of the Roman University, Antonella Polimeni, she will give the inaugural address and before her there will be a greeting from Thomas D. Smitham, mandated by the US Embassy. Speeches will follow Charles DellaRocca, dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine, and of Stephen D'Amelio, PhD coordinator. Fauci will therefore hold his own lectio magistralis.
The recognition, explains the University, is assigned for Fauci's role in the study of infectious diseases, with particular regard to the first pioneering studies on HIV infections, but also for the development of containment of transmission and effective therapies against AIDS. The Professor, of distant Italian origins, has always paid attention to climate, environmental and underdevelopment issues. In the USA he was the creator of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which has helped to contain the spread and mortality in many disadvantaged countries. His fame as a scholar has seen him for many years at the top of the USA, as demonstrated by the collaboration with seven American presidents. Particularly profitable the relationship with Joe Biden compared to turbulence with Donald Trump. The results of his research place him among the most influential scientists in the world with 1.170 published papers and a long list of awards.
as to Omicron variant, Fauci has said in recent days that – given the very high degree of transmissibility – it will eventually infect everyone. The vaccinated and those with the third dose will be exposed to the variant and many of them will likely be infected, but with a much lower risk of ending up in hospital and having serious consequences. "A unvaccinated person nine times more risk of contracting Covid, eleven times more of being hospitalized and fourteen times more of dying than a vaccinated person ”, said Fauci, hoping for the maximum diffusion of vaccination treatments in the world.
