A doctor who sees patients is actually not the best expert on this. You want someone who studies infectious diseases, who is a researcher, who is intimately familiar with the literature and who keeps up to date on new publications in his field. A research doctor (like Dr. Fauci) is a completely different professional than a doctor whose career is patient care.
Dr. Fauci is very competent and knowledgeable. His demeanor is that of a scientist, which puts off a lot of people, especially non-scientists. I have no problem with it, being a scientist myself.
So you’d let your mother or brother or son die rather than let them have the malaria cocktail.