Dr. Fauci’s Dismal Last Act

It’s probably a good thing that Fauci will not be in charge for the next public-health emergency.

Dr. Anthony Fauci has announced that he will be stepping down in December from his positions as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation, and chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden. He will depart after 50 years of government service — including 38 years as NIAID director. In that position, he has overseen government responses to every major infectious-disease threat of the past four...