Fauci warns that protests are 'a perfect setup' for coronavirus transmission

Top government infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday that the mass protests following the death of George Floyd raise the risk of a surge in coronavirus cases.

“What runs through my mind is … the congregation of large crowds at a time and in an area — a geographic area — where, clearly, there is active infection transmission. It’s a perfect setup for further spread of the virus in the sense of creating these blips which might turn into some surges,” Fauci said in a radio appearance on WTOP.