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Dr. Anthony S. Fauci Explains COVID-19 Through ONE Object

900 views•Mar 3, 2021

Learn what Dr. Fauci chose to donate to the museum as representative of HIS COVID-19 experience—a 3-D printed model of the SARS-CoV-2 virion showing the spike protein. Dr. Fauci used this model as an educational tool in his work explaining the COVID-19 pandemic in briefings to congressional members, journalists, and the public. During the past year, the museum canvassed the nation, asking the public what it should collect to remember and document this pandemic through a digital platform, Stories of 2020. The object was collected in the spirit of this public collecting.

Dr. Fauci’s donation was part of the Great Americans Award Program on March 2, 2021 when he became the seventh recipient of the National Museum of American History’s Great Americans Medal. The Great Americans Medal is awarded for lifetime contributions embodying American ideas and ideals, and honors individuals who have not only made a lasting impact in their fields, but whose philanthropic and humanitarian endeavors set them apart.

National Museum of American History

2.5-minutes (Full program coming soon.)

https://youtu.be/qwTYqjttfPk