TIME Magazine has made frontline healthcare personnel, represented by federal health adviser Anthony Fauci, its Person of the Year, hailing their essential – and dangerous – work amid the global coronavirus pandemic.

Fauci, who’s headed up the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984 and has served as a senior adviser on the White House’s pandemic response team created in January, was selected for the honor on Thursday night, alongside all medical staff who’ve worked through the health crisis.

“The Covid-19 pandemic has put the world on hold. However, anyone deemed essential… had to keep going,” TIME said when it announced the nomination. “They risked their lives and in doing so, saved countless other lives.”

One of those frontline workers, who spends part of his day doing rounds at the hospital, is Dr. Anthony Fauci, …the most visible scientific leader in the US in 2020.

Frontline health workers are risking their lives to help save ours.

“Doctors, nurses, housekeeping, the clerks, we are the closest to your family right now. And we’re going to take care of them" #TIMEPOY" pic.twitter.com/RdVHIhP88O

— TIME (@TIME) December 11, 2020

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