WASHINGTON : The personal security of Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US expert on infectious diseases, has been enhanced after he received threats following his pleas to Americans to follow strict social distancing rules to help slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, according to media reports.
The 79-year-old doctor, a key member of President Donald Trump's coronavirus task force, has been the most outspoken advocate of social distancing rules that have shuttered the country's schools, forced businesses to close, kept people in their homes and battered the US economy. "That has made him a target of online conspiracy theorists who have accused Dr.