Fauci Getting His Own Bobblehead

Part of the proceeds will go toward protective gear
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Apr 2, 2020 2:12 PM CDT
Fauci Getting His Own Bobblehead
Dr. Anthony Fauci is getting a bobblehead likeness.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon File)

The United States' top infectious disease specialist is getting his own bobblehead. The creation from the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum in Milwaukee features Dr. Anthony Fauci wearing a suit as he makes a motion showing how the nation needs to “flatten the curve” in the coronavirus pandemic. (Fans can order here.) The museum in Milwaukee picked Fauci because many people see the plain-speaking expert on the coronavirus as a hero right now, said co-founder and CEO Phil Sklar, per the AP. “He isn't trying to spin things," he said. "He isn't trying to make people happy and tell him what they want to hear. He's actually telling them, you know, how he sees it as an expert. And I think that's really what we need him this time.”

Sklar said the bobblehead museum plans to donate $5 from every $25 Fauci bobblehead that's sold to the American Hospital Association, in support of that group's effort to get masks and other personal protective equipment for health care workers. Fauci's face also appears on socks. And a Rochester, New York, shop is selling doughnuts with his face, surrounded by white frosting and topped off with red, white and blue sprinkles. Read the full story for more. (On a more serious note, Fauci needs more security because of increasing threats.)

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