Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, called on national leaders to be as "forceful as possible" in urging people to wear masks while outdoors. At a Chamber of Commerce virtual event on Friday, Fauci said Friday he is "cautiously optimistic" that the nation is on track to getting the coronavirus under control and that "we will ultimately get back to normal." "We feel cautiously optimistic that we are on the road — as bleak as it may sound right now — that we're on the road of getting this under control," Fauci said. "We will ultimately get back to normal," he added. "Sometimes you get so exasperated and run down by it, that you think is never going to end. It will end. It will end through public health measures and science, I can tell you, will come to our rescue," he said about fatigue.