Fauci won't be seeing his kids this Christmas, and he wants everyone to do the same

Dr. Anthony Fauci.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci and his wife will be spending the holidays — and Fauci's birthday — alone this year.

Like he did for Thanksgiving, the nation's top infectious disease expert won't be seeing his three adult daughters this Christmas or for his 80th birthday on Christmas Eve, and he recommends other Americans remain similarly isolate, he told The Washington Post. "That's painful," Fauci acknowledged, but it's "just one of the things you're going to have to accept as we go through this unprecedented challenging time."

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.