Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, spoke with WCBS 880’s Michael Wallace this week to answer questions about the coronavirus pandemic and recent insults lodged at him by President Donald Trump.
A day after calling Fauci a “disaster,” and saying that the American people are getting tired of the infectious disease expert, the president said he gets along with the doctor, but complained that he's not a "team player."
According to a posting on the WCBS-AM website, when asked about the tensions with the president, Fauci said, "I developed the capability over the many years that I've been doing this to really focus like a laser on what you really need to do and right now I'm focusing on the virus."
Fauci said the virus is the enemy and his attention is now on getting vaccines and therapies out.
"So when things like that come up, quite frankly, it's a distraction," Fauci said. "I don't pay much attention to it and I go ahead and do the job that I'm supposed to be doing, safeguarding the health, the safety and the welfare of the American people, including all of my loved ones in New York."
Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and member of the White House coronavirus task force, acknowledged that with the colder weather approaching, states are likely going to see more and more cases of the virus.
Currently, 38 states are seeing upticks or spikes in COVID-19 cases, with Wisconsin being hit especially hard. Fauci says the situation is only going to worsen as the cold weather moves in and people move back inside, and that's cause for worry.
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