Dr. Antonio Fauci has served as Director of the National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984. He grew up in
Brooklyn, New York, the second child of first-generation Italian American
parents. Growing up, he spent his days playing baseball, basketball, and
football, as well as working for his father’s pharmacy.
He graduated first in his class from New York’s Cornell
Medical College before beginning his long career at the institute. He has
helped lead the fight against AIDS, West Nile, anthrax, SARS, and swine flu.
Dr. Fauci has become famous in recent weeks, of course, for his work in urging us to “flatten the curve” through social distancing. But, as he often notes, other members of the White House coronavirus task force and modeling researchers are working tirelessly and anonymously to support and promote this critical effort.
In related news, Bill Gates is making headlines with his commitment to donate billions of dollars to encourage the development of a vaccine for COVID-19. But the unnamed researchers his finances will support will be the women and men who actually find the cure the world needs so urgently.
We know of Jonas Salk, the man who discovered the vaccine for polio. But can you name the person who developed a vaccine for smallpox? (Edward Jenner in 1796.)
Before such treatment, three of ten people who contracted the disease died. Researchers unknown to most of us are currently at work developing better treatments for malaria, AIDS, heart disease, cancer, and a host of other diseases.
The unnamed heroes of our faith
Let’s consider the theme of unnamed heroes in the context of
one of the greatest heroes in Christian history: Paul the Apostle.
After his conversion on the road to Damascus (Acts 9), we
know of Ananias, the disciple who…
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