An Interview With Dr. Anthony Fauci

<p>Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, described the current status of the pandemic in the United States as a “mixed bag” that is leaning more toward the positive than the negative.</p><p>But, he said, there is still more work to do.</p><p>In our conversation, he weighs in on vaccine mandates, booster shots and the end of the pandemic.</p><p>Guest: Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases. </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>In a turnaround, the Food and Drug Administration is expected to grant Pfizer’s request to<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/health/pfizer-booster-eligibility-adults.html?searchResultPosition=1"> expand booster shot eligibility to all adults</a> before the winter holiday season.</li><li>This week, the Biden administration argued that the federal government had<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/08/us/politics/employer-vaccine-mandates.html"> all the power it needed to require large employers to mandate vaccination of their workers</a> against the virus — or to require those who refuse the shots to wear masks and submit to weekly testing.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>