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you want distractions. I posted the CNN article earlier this month, but now see it has come to pass, just as I expected!

10 Apr: Hollywood Reporter: Dr. Anthony Fauci Jokes Brad Pitt Should Play Him on ‘SNL’
by Ryan Parker
After a serious Friday segment on the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci had to laugh when he was asked by CNN’s Alisyn Camerota who he would like to play him when Saturday Night Live returns this weekend.

At first, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said he hoped he was not a character on the show, but when pressed a tad and given some options, it was clear who he wanted.
“Oh, Brad Pitt, of course,” he said with a chuckle. Another actor who has been floated as a possible SNL Fauci is Ben Stiller, Camerota noted...
CNN VIDEO
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/dr-anthony-fauci-jokes-brad-pitt-should-play-him-snl-1289743

note taxpayer-funded ABC’s dismissive use of “Trump” in the sub-heading for this piece:

27 Apr: ABC: Coronavirus update
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Pitt’s Dr Fauci pokes fun at Trump on Saturday Night Live
Oscar-winning actor Brad Pitt has made an appearance on Saturday Night Live, playing the role of Anthony Fauci, America’s top public health adviser, to fact-check US President Donald Trump’s claims about coronavirus.
“Tonight I would like to try to explain what the President was trying to say,” Pitt, dressed in a wig and glasses, said. “Miracles shouldn’t be Plan A.”

After a clip in which Mr Trump appeared to float the question of injecting disinfectant or hitting the virus with a “very powerful light”, the video cut to Pitt as Dr Fauci with his head in his hands.
“I know I shouldn’t be touching my face, but … “ he says.
Dr Fauci has won widespread praise for his public messaging as COVID-19 spreads across the US, infecting more than 939,000 to date.

Mr Trump recently retweeted a post calling for Dr Fauci to be sacked, but later said he did not intend to fire him.

Pitt poked fun at that too, before finishing the show’s opening segment by thanking Dr Fauci for the messaging he has been delivering to Americans.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-27/coronavirus-update-australia-covid19-germany-refutes-china-pitt/12187626#Pitt