There is a lot of finger-pointing and second-guessing about the novel coronavirus and chaos and shutdown that has come with it. Your political leaning or partisan beliefs usually determine who you think got this wrong.

But almost nobody questions the experience, the knowledge and expertise of Dr. Anthony Fauci. He's the little guy you see on the news every day giving the grim update on the outbreak and what we should do about it. Fauci has been the director of The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984.

Here's what he said in late January about COVID-19 and if we should be concerned....

He's basically running the country. He's calling the shots that have shut down the country. He got it wrong then and we hope he's wrong about how bad this week will be. Nobody gets it right all the time, but it's useful to know what the man we all trust said when this all began.

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