EYECARE: Coronavirus BRIEFING: Community Voices Fauci: Plan to 'Hunker Down' for Fall and Winter By Staff Friday, September 18, 2020 1:01 PM "We need to hunker down and get through this fall and winter because it’s not going to be easy."Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, speaking Thursday during an online panel with doctors from Harvard Medical School, as reported by WebMD. The number of daily coronavirus cases – about 36,000 – is lower than August but still too high, Fauci said.