Dr. Anthony Fauci made a video appearance during Thursday's NFL draft, thanking the league for adhering to social distancing guidelines in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
"I want to commend those involved in these decisions to show that we can have something as important as that in a way that safeguards the life, the safety and the health of the American public by doing the kind of physical separations, doing things virtually, avoiding that kind of contact that puts you at risk," Fauci said in his brief video appearance, filmed in the White House's Rose Garden prior to the event.
In the suspenseful spectacle, players each walk onstage upon being drafted to receive a jersey, a hat and a handshake or hug from Goodell.The NFL commissioner said Thursday before the draft that with participants all in their own homes,"we'll all experience it together, live, essentially, on a different platform than we probably have in the past, but it should be a wonderful night.
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