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While Dr. Anthony Fauci continuesto urge caution opening bars and restaurantsas national coronavirus czar, another Anthony Fauci his Staten Island cousin slings sauce in his popular Italian restaurant and laments what has happenedto the dining industry. They shouldnt do the lockdowns. Especially now. If you dont abide by the rules shut that area down, but dont shut down the whole industry, said the 84-year-old founder of La Fontana, Anthony Fauci. His son, Joe Fauci, 57, who runs the now-iconic eatery in Oakwood, echoed his dads concerns, while still expressing admiration for his famous relative. In the beginning, I thought he was fabulous, but then a few times he flip-flopped on different things. He had us all locked down at a tremendous rate, Joe Fauci told The Post. They should have loosened things up when it was slowing down in the summer. Everything else was loosening up except the restaurant business. NEW JERSEYS GOV. MURPHY WONT RULE OUT ANOTHER CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN AS CASES SPIKEDr. Fauci, 79, has in the past said he wasopen toa nationwide lockdown to halt the spread of the deadly virus. In recent months he has said that probablywont be necessary, but still resisted moves to getback to normal. In September, he called Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis decision to fully reopen bars and restaurantsvery concerning. Anthony Fauci and his doctor cousin both hail from Brooklyn. The Faucis trace their roots to Naples and Sicily. Curiously, the Staten Island part of the clan pronounces their last name as Faw-See, while the famous doctor uses Fow-Chee. My father and his father were first cousins. His grandfather and my grandfather were brothers, the Staten Island Anthony Fauci told The Post, recalling how his younger brother would bring mail to Dr. Faucis family drug store in Bensonhurst. While geographically near, the two Fauci branches were not close.