Tiffany Haddish got coronavirus, then interviewed Dr. Fauci about it

[Andy Meek]

• Dr. Anthony Fauci recently sat down with actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish (virtually, of course), for an informal conversation about the COVID-19 pandemic that touched on topics including the coronavirus' transmission.
• It was an unusual interview for Dr. Fauci on multiple levels, one of which is that he wasn't talking to a media industry figure this time but a celebrity who's actually tested positive for the virus.
• Among the interesting points in the interview is Dr. Fauci's re-confirmation of how the virus can be transmitted by an infected person talking to someone in close proximity.

White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci has, as you can probably imagine, been a hot media commodity since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Every national media outlet under the sun has put in requests for some time with the doctor, who when he's not juggling press appearances and working on the nation's COVID-19 response also works as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

In between all of that, though, Dr. Fauci has also been carving out some time for a-typical interview requests. He's sat for interviews distributed via Instagram Live, which included conversations between Fauci and celebrities like Steph Curry and Matthew McConaughey -- stars with huge followings on social media that Dr. Fauci can capitalize on to get his message out. One of the newest examples of this came in recent days, when Dr. Fauci agreed to be interviewed by actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish, a conversation that touched on everything from the coronavirus' transmission and how to prevent it to how a vaccine will help bring this pandemic to an end.

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