Michael Brochstein / Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media via Getty Images The Trump administration reportedly barred Anthony Fauci, a top US experts on infectious disease, from speaking publicly about the coronavirus outbreak without approval. Some of Fauci's statements about the virus have been at odds with claims from President Trump. US public-health experts are angry, and one said his silence "is a threat to public health and safety." Fauci has been director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984.