...I can list a bunch of Fauci mistakes/lies/trangressions (Google is your friend, and there are a LOT of lists), and you can list a bunch of Dem defenses. The majority of people that we need to reach to be vaccinated don't buy the defense (I know that I don't), and they are the people that matter here.
While it is absurd to claim that Fauci hasn't screwed up on enough occasions to remove him, it doesn't matter. You love him ultimately for his politics - he stood up to Trump and contradicted him which made him look bad during the election season, and when he said something different from Biden's WH, he changed his tune immediately to be in lock step.....but regardless, that is all irrelevant.
Gaining the trust of the unvaccinated is the only good solution to getting the unvaccinated on board (you see how the vaccine passport is being received in France which is nothing like what will happen here in the US).
It's a simple, cost free move that does not require imposition on personal freedoms, and it will definitely helpsignificantly in the effort to get people vaccinated since many of the unvaccinated now take Fauci's comments as a lie on everything. In the words of Chris94, "leadership matters", and Fauci simply is no longer a functional lead man for this effort.
Give him a heros retirement - i don't care....unless that is, it is more important for you to keep a "yes man" in the position of power (policy decisions in alignment with Dem political desires,controlling grant money, etc) for the Democrats. If that is the case, your primary goal is political, not getting the most people vaccinated as is possible.
I think we both know what your answer will be though.