I'll be honest with you, I almost totally forgot this bug still existed.

But, yeah, Dr. Fauci is still hanging around. And apparently he recently got sick.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the public face of the U.S. coronavirus pandemic response, was hospitalized earlier this month with the West Nile virus (WNV), according to a report citing his spokesperson.

Fauci, 83, was hospitalized for six days before he returned home where he is now recovering, The Washington Post reports.

West Nile, if you didn't know, is almost always spread via mosquito bite. Although there's no info on how the octogenarian former health director contracted the disease which has only been in the US for 25 years.

Symptoms include fever, headache, body aches, vomiting, diarrhea or rash, although a vast majority — around 80% — of the people who contract WNV will not experience any symptoms. There are no vaccines or treatments for the virus.

Who knew people were still getting West Nile? I guess Fauci needed to practice social distancing from mosquitoes.

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