Published: 23:12 EDT, 29 October 2020 I Updated: 23:12 EDT, 29 October 2020

By David Lawrance and Christine Rendon For Dailymail.com Published: 23:12 EDT, 29 October 2020 I Updated: 23:12 EDT, 29 October 2020 Earlier this month she had her own brush with COVID-19, when her Live With Kelly And Ryan co-host Ryan Seacrest had to be tested for the virus. Following Ryan's thankfully negative result, Kelly Ripa gave a nod to one of the faces of the U.S. Government's coronavirus taskforce when she stepped out in New York City in a statement garment on Thursday. The TV personality, 50, donned a white sweater bearing the name 'FAUCI,' an apparent reference to the famed immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has become something of a folk hero in the midst of America's coronavirus pandemic. PRESS: Familiar Fauci anecdotes, told with a Brooklyn accent Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has been in the spotlight during the coronavirus pandemic. President Trump recently called him a "disaster"; the same day, Fauci received a leadership award from the National Academy of Medicine. (Photo by Erik S. Lesser/EPAEFE/Shutterstock) By Amy Goldstein Amy Goldstein is The Washington Post's national health-care policy writer. During her three decades at The Post, her stories have taken her from homeless shelters to Air Force One, often focused on the intersection of -- 9,020,000/229,100 politics and public policy. She is the author of "Janesville: An American Story."