White House health expert Anthony Fauci said he wears a mask to be a 'symbol' of what 'you should be doing'
President Donald Trump is flanked by Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases while speaking about coronavirus vaccine development in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 15, 2020 in Washington, DC.The nation's top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said he wears a mask in public to make it a "symbol" of what the public "should be doing" amid the coronavirus pandemic.
He acknowledged that masks are "not 100% effective" at preventing infection, but said it is also out of respect for one another. "I want to protect myself and protect others, and also because I want to make it be a symbol for people to see that that's the kind of thing you should be doing," Fauci told"When I walk around the street in the neighborhood I live in Washington, DC, which still has a considerable number of infections, it's very clear that many people are doing that," he continued.
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