The National Institutes of Health on Wednesday announced that Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo will be the new director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, replacing Dr. Anthony Fauci, who stepped down in December.
Marrazzo is currently director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
“Dr. Marrazzo brings a wealth of leadership experience from leading international clinical trials and translational research, managing a complex organizational budget that includes research funding and mentoring trainees in all stages of professional development,” said acting NIH director, Dr. Lawrence Tabak. “I look forward to welcoming Dr. Marrazzo to the NIH leadership team.”
Fauci gave CNN his full endorsement, telling the network “she’s a really good person” and that he was “very pleased by the choice.”
He went on to provide a word of warning about what she would be stepping into.
“What she’s facing now is going to be a very complicated issue of a number of emerging diseases, a high degree of advanced technology that is really an important part of the research effort on infectious diseases. Also, she’s going to be dealing with, unfortunately, as we’ve seen over the last few years, a very divisive political setting, where there’s been an unfortunate politicization of some of the science,” he said.
Social media users highlighted some telling clips of Marrazzo.
Here's Jeanne Marrazzo, the new Dr. Fauci (head of the NIAID) on Apr 20, 2020 answering a question from a young boy and pulling out her stuffed bat and pangolin dolls to explain the source of Sars-CoV-2. Of course she was pushing Proximal Origin. Of course. pic.twitter.com/CDOnxUh3C7
— Justin Hart (@justin_hart) August 2, 2023
JUST IN: The Biden administration has picked its replacement for Anthony Fauci as the new head of NIAID: Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, fanatical and outspoken supporter of COVID lockdowns, the WHO, vaccine and mask mandates for adults and children.pic.twitter.com/uOIY7s1PpJ
— Michael P Senger (@michaelpsenger) August 2, 2023
Here's the new Dr. Fauci, Jeanne Marrazzo, giddy with anticipation of her first vaccine shot: "It felt a lot like Christmas when i was a kid!" selfies all around! pic.twitter.com/ES8fsL9kVT
— Justin Hart (@justin_hart) August 2, 2023
1- The new Fauci replacement- Jeanne Marrazzo - is a Covid vaccine fanatic.
— IT Guy (@ITGuy1959) August 2, 2023
From April 2021..👇 pic.twitter.com/r4KT43ZHzF
The new Dr. Fauci, Jeanne Marrazzo, signed her name to the letter imploring Donald Trump not to sever ties with the WHO. pic.twitter.com/AoqMBOFOvK
— Justin Hart (@justin_hart) August 2, 2023
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