Following the recent Center For Disease Control (CDC) announcement that people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 don’t require face masks, Saturday Night Live’s May 15 cold open featured a parody of U.S. top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci (played by Kate McKinnon) explaining this – with the help of fictional acting troupe “the CDC players.”
- U.S. CDC relaxes COVID-19 mask guidelines for most Americans
- ‘SNL’ spoofs new U.S. mask guidance with ‘CDC Players’ drama troupe performance