Newly released diary entries attributed to Dr Anthony Fauci reportedly show him dwelling on his own fame during the COVID-19 pandemic, even as the death toll continued to rise. The diaries, covered by Fox News, are being presented as evidence of Fauci's mindset at the height of the crisis, when he served as the US government's leading voice on the pandemic response.

According to the report, entries include Fauci remarking that he had become the most famous person in the world amid the outbreak. The article is accompanied by comments from Senator Rand Paul, a longstanding critic of Fauci, who predicts Fauci will not be truthful in an upcoming Senate hearing on COVID-19's origins, alleging he destroyed records and funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan, which Paul calls "the worst public health decision" in his lifetime. The full contents and provenance of the diary entries are not detailed in the available text.