US infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci has been the victim of threats and harassment, he told Ryan Tubridy on RTÉ's Late Late Show last night.
He also spoke of his optimism that a safe and effective vaccine could go into production before the end of 2020. Dr Fauci said he approved of implementing restrictions on parts of society in order to stop the spread of coronavirus.
But not everybody agreed with this. The Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases revealed: "I myself have been physically threatened and harassed and my family have been harassed. "The enemy is the virus - the enemy is not the public health people who are trying to contain the virus." Dr Fauci, speaking via a video link, also said