Congratulations to Dr. Anthony Fauci on having officially made it.
Yes, Fauci is an accomplished immunologist with more than two decades of experience at the National Institute of Health. Yes, he’s a renowned infectious disease expert whose knowledge has been invaluable in the fights against AIDS/HIV, ebola, and now COVID-19. But on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, Fauci hit his biggest milestone yet: A Kate McKinnon impression.
Saturday Night Live‘s master comic stepped into the good doctor’s persona for a cold open parody of a vaccine update, delivered by Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx (Chloe Fineman), a fellow key figure in the U.S. coronavirus response. Fauci’s terrible pitch gets mentioned. A bra is thrown. Fauci’s star has fully risen. Welcome to the high life, doc.