 Asked why he did just not quit during COVID over so much pressure, disinformation, and death threats. Former top U.S. infectious disease official, Dr. Anthony Fauci. I just felt that we had to have somebody there who was actually getting the correct information to the American public. I have felt, and still do, a very strong responsibility to the American public. Not to any administration or any person, but to the American public. Fauci on ABC's This Week has a new memoir out.