Trevor Noah turns comedy into community service with this COVID-19 talk

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has achieved a viral meme level of fame recently for his seemingly irrepressible reactions to President Donald Trump’s uninformed and factually inaccurate public statements surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak.If you don’t immediately recognize his face, it’s probably because he’s been holding it in his hands as Trump speaks… while standing right behind him. Fauci became famous for a facepalm he did about a week ago during a press conference about the novel coronavirus and now his star continues to rise, as the level-headed doctor becomes a highly sought-after guest for interviews — like the one he just did with Daily Show host Trevor Noah.

Dr. Fauci is all of us ??‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/WTShJUchsr

— Laura Martínez® (@miblogestublog) March 20, 2020

[video_embed id='1928826']RELATED: Is the U.S. response to COVID-19 effective?[/video_embed]For more than three decades, Fauci has been at the forefront of the fight against infectious disease. In short, he’s the guy we want to be taking advice from when it comes to knowing how to protect ourselves from the virus. He’s also the person we want making decisions about how and when countries (like our very close neighbour, the United States) should be returning to a “business as usual” way of life. And while Fauci has been absent from a few of Trump’s recent press conferences, he is talking to the press and to the public about the pandemic — and going a long way to soothe our nerves with his common sense advice.In his chat with Noah, the doctor warns about misinformation spreading across the internet (no, Uncle Richard, gargling with boiling salt water will not prevent the virus from entering our bodies) and cautions against the use of untested medications for malaria and other ailments in the fight against COVID-19. He also calms fears about contamination when it comes to everyday objects. Like, is my Amazon order covered in COVID-19? Probably not. Fauci emphasizes the same things that medical professionals have been telling us all along: wash your hands, cough and sneeze into your elbow, and above all STAY INSIDE (oh, and watch this video while you’re at it).

Dr. Anthony Fauci answers some of the most pressing questions surrounding coronavirus: How is it spread? What makes it so insidious? What are the dangers of self-medicating? Can you get re-infected? pic.twitter.com/tvw25lQZBs

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