“I was a bit dismayed when former President Trump came out and made that statement, and his followers booed him,” Fauci told ABC’s “This Week.”

“I was stunned by that,” he added. “I mean, given the fact of how popular he is with that group, … which tells me how recalcitrant they are about being told what they should do.”

“I think that his continuing to say that people should get vaccinated and articulating that to them, in my mind, is a good thing. I hope he keeps it up.”