By Denise Petski Senior Managing Editor Trevor Noah landed the first late-night TV interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and face of the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Speaking from separate locations Thursday on Noah’s The Social Distancing Show, Fauci called the virus “insidious” and stressed the importance of continuing social distancing and frequent hand washing. “It’s a respiratory-born illness that easily spreads from person-to-person but that has a high degree of morbidity and mortality,” he said. “And unfortunately that’s the worst nightmare you could have, to have something like that.” He noted the mortality rate is about ten times
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