Anthony Fauci
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Fauci, who is 80 years old and has been a director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for more than three decades, said his age range was always in the back of his mind, especially when he visited the White House under then-President Trump
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“I think you shouldn’t be aware that if you get infected, you already fall into the category of someone at high risk for a serious outcome,” Fauci said in the interview, an excerpt of which was posted on Monday. “I wasn’t fixated on that, but it was in the back of my mind because I had to be out there, I mean, especially if I went to the White House every day when the White House was kind of a super-spreading place.”
“That made me a little nervous,” he continued.
Officials in the previous administration did not strictly adhere to public health guidelines, such as wearing masks and refraining from holding major events. White House doctors conducted rapid tests for COVID-19 on anyone who came into contact with Trump and then Vice President Pence, but the strategy did not prevent the coronavirus from eventually spreading within the West Wing.
Fauci was one of several officials of the White House coronavirus task force who met regularly with Pence to discuss the response to the pandemic. He did not contract the virus and was previously vaccinated with the Moderna vaccine in December President Biden
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Trump continued to hold major campaign rallies and official events at the White House during the pandemic, while minimizing coronavirus risks in his public comments. Several individuals attended an event in September at which Trump announced Amy Coney Barrett
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Trump, his wife, Melania and their son Barron were finally diagnosed with the virus in October. The former president recovered after three days of treatment at the Walter Reed Military Medical Center.
White House officials were also often seen wearing no masks under Trump. Biden signed an executive order on his first day of work requiring the use of a mask on federal property. He also signed an executive order mandating the use of masks on the modes of transport between states.