DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, THE DIRECTOR of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984 and the point man on the coronavirus task force, loves sports like many of the rest of us.
Dr. Fauci played basketball and baseball growing up. He still runs at the age of 79. A baseball fan, the Brooklyn-born doctor said he roots for the Washington Nationals and New York Yankees.
But as a public health expert Dr. Fauci urged caution as the country eases through the first wave of the pandemic.
"Safety," Dr. Fauci said in a New York Times interview, "for the players and for the fans, trumps everything.