American Masters | Dr. Fauci on retiring | Season 37

- The landmark that I was counting on was getting the COVID outbreak behind me.

We have a very unusual virus, so the best we're gonna do is to get it down to a low enough level that you can essentially live with it.

We are never gonna eradicate this.

- I think some of it, and you can correct me if this is wrong, some of it was a realization that tying the knot on this was not gonna be something that could be done in six months or maybe even six years.

- So what's gonna be different in June of 2023 that's different from now?

You know, nothing.

(sighing) Hey, Bret.

- Good morning, sir, how are you?

- I'm good, how are you?

- Doing well, thank you.

(gentle music) - I've been coming onto this campus every single day for 54 years.

- All right, sir.

- Alright, see you later, thanks.

(gentle music) This is my home.

That's been my home longer than most people have been alive.

But I have to step down sometime.

- [Interviewer] When you told your wife and your kids, "I'm gonna retire," what did they say to you?

- Well, they were very pleased.

They know me better that I likely will not retire in the classic sense.

But they took it a little skeptically.

They're saying, "Well, you know, sure Dad, you're gonna retire, but we don't believe you."

(gentle music)

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