August 8, 2021 |On GPS: Dr. Anthony Fauci on the Delta variant & the others to come plus a panel on the GOP’s odd embrace of Hungary & the fall of the first major city in Afghanistan

Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to President Biden and the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, tells Fareed what the world can expect during the next phase of the pandemic, including how to combat new variants, how vaccines offer the best path to herd immunity and the future of infectious diseases. Then, Anne-Marie Slaughter and Ian Bremmer on the American right’s infatuation with Hungary’s authoritarian leader, Viktor Orban, just as Tucker Carlson returns from his weeklong visit to the Eastern European country. Plus, the panel discusses what the future of Afghanistan looks like as the Taliban seizes control of Kunduz, the first big Afghan city to fall in the vacuum left by the US troop withdrawal. Lastly, Fareed looks at how the world can use the Olympic lessons of globalized cooperation and logistics and apply them to vaccine distribution around the world.    

GUESTS: Anthony Fauci, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Ian Bremmer

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