Fauci says he feels safe despite threats, is focusing on job

(AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease official, says he feels safe despite reports he’s received online threats and has had uncomfortable personal encounters with admirers.

Those have prompted the Trump administration to assign him a personal security detail, according to published reports.

Fauci, a key member of the White House coronavirus task force who appears almost daily on televised briefings and news shows, says there are things about his job that are “sometimes disturbing.” But he told NBC’s “Today” on Thursday that he just focuses on the job he has chosen and “puts all of that stuff aside.”