WASHINGTON - Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert, spoke on the recent spate of positive coronavirus test results within the Trump administration — including President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump — calling the apparent outbreak a “super-spreader event” within the White House.
More than two dozen people linked to the White House have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the Sept. 26 White House Rose Garden event where Trump announced his Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, though the source of the outbreak remains unclear.In an interview with the Associated Press, Fauci said, “I was not surprised to see a super-spreader event given the circumstances." “Crowded, congregate setting, not.