On Call (隨時待命)

Anthony S. Fauci, On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service, Viking, 2024/06/18 (Available at CYCU library.)

Anthony Fauci is arguably the most famous – and most revered – doctor in the world today. His role guiding America sanely and calmly through Covid (and through the torrents of Trump) earned him the trust of millions during one of the most terrifying periods in modern American history, but this was only the most recent of the global epidemics in which Dr. Fauci played a major role. His crucial role in researching HIV and bringing AIDS into sympathetic public view and his leadership in navigating the Ebola, SARS, West Nile, and anthrax crises, make him truly an American hero.

His memoir reaches back to his boyhood in Brooklyn, New York, and carries through decades of caring for critically ill patients, navigating the whirlpools of Washington politics, and behind-the-scenes advising and negotiating with seven presidents on key issues from global AIDS relief to infectious disease preparedness at home. ON CALL will be an inspiration for readers who admire and are grateful to him and for those who want to emulate him in public service. He is the embodiment of “speaking truth to power,” with dignity and results.

周序諦譯，ON CALL 隨時待命：佛奇醫師回憶錄，一段改變美國與世界公共醫療的關鍵旅程，鷹出版 ，2026

全球面臨 Covid-19 如此強大的病毒，Dr.  Fauci 身為美國國家過敏和傳染病研究所（NIAID）所長以及總統首席醫療顧問，面對政治人物、大眾，如何做判斷和溝通，極具挑戰。讀完此書，得知 Dr.  Fauci 也是傑出的科學家，針對專業問題，堅持用事實說話；對其敢說真話的勇氣與智慧，令人感動。

根據事實的評論，真的很重要。台灣現在正在選舉，作為一位公民，可以用此簡單的準則，評判哪位政治人物在胡說八道，也是高等教育重要的目標。