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infolded in the US Steven Gabbe met Fauci when both were at Cornell Medical College in New York City in the late 1960s, and "the person you see now on TV is the same guy I met back then, smart and humble." Gabbe, emeritus CEO of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, lauds his friend's sense of humor. "I'm sure he finds it entertaining that there are bobblehead dolls of him now," he says. "But he's so grounded I don't think it would go to his head." Fauci would be excused it if did. In a recent survey of 1,900 registered U.S. voters, Morning Consult asked respondents whom they would trust "a lot" or "some" to end social distancing. Fauci and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention topped the list among all voters with 71% trust ratings. Get the Coronavirus Watch newsletter in your inbox. Stay safe and informed with updates on the spread of the coronavirus Delivery: Varies Your Email Three months in:A timeline of how COVID-19 has unfolded in the US Such a high-profile status inevitably also has generated criticism. Right-wing pundits have assailed how shelter-in-place guidelines he supported have impacted the economy, leading conservative internet TV host Bill Mitchell to tweet "this Dr. Doom Fauci is the most depressing idiot I've ever listened to." That harsh assessment has some grounding in a real issue, says Jonathan Engel, professor at the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs at Baruch College, part of the City University of New York system.