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antic, where she covers technology. auci Crushing on a public official is not particularly fruitful, but it's hard to think of a reason not to indulge in it a little bit. Even in normal circumstances, a crush is a diversion from everything we're worried about. Pointless crushes may be, if anything, even more necessary during a pandemic, when the only other stimuli are horrifying. Crushes spike up and surprise us--uncomfortable but fun, sweet but nauseating. Thirsting over Fauci won't stop the pandemic, but at least it can keep us busy. I recently stumbled across a video of a woman named Jill playing guitar and singing, in a school-teacher voice, a love song for him. "Please stay safe doctor," the song ends, "you're our only hope." We want to hear what you think about this article. Submit a letter to the editor or write to letters@theatlantic.com. KAITLYN TIFFANY is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where she covers technology. ConnectTwitter ALSO, see article today in The Nation by Jeet Heer entitled "Dr. Anthony Fauci has a target on his back". The story says that the right wing, including Rudy Giuliani, is out to get me because of my stance on HC and because I am responsible for shutting down the government and ruining the economy. From today regarding deaths: The fatality rate remains unclear, estimates of the proportion of people contracting the virus who never show symptoms ranges from 25 to 50 percent and there is no clear explanation for why it proves so deadly for some people who are relatively young and previously in good health.