Fauci Responds to Criticism Over Taking Off Mask During Baseball Game

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, looks on before throwing out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the game between the New York Yankees and the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on July 23, 2020. (Rob Carr/Getty Images))

Dr. Anthony Fauci responded to critics who accused him of hypocrisy for removing his mask during a baseball game in Washington on Thursday.

Photographs from the Washington Nationals game showed Fauci sitting between his wife and another man with his mask pulled down from his mouth and nose, laughing and having a conversation.