With over 100,000 coronavirus infections, along with over 1,500 deaths, the United States became the world's worst-hit country, surpassing China, Ground Zero for the virus. The state of New York has seen over 500 deaths and nearly 45,000 infections, according to the latest updates.
A doughnut shop in Rochester, New York, recently decorated their product with a resemblance of US health official Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and a ranking member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.
Salvatore's owner, Sam Fantauzzo, said that demand for the ‘Doc Donuts' unexpectedly hit the roof. The businessman said he came up with the idea of putting Fauci's face on doughnuts after hearing complaints of a decline in sales from Donuts Delite franchise owner Nick Semeraro, who runs the doughnut shop out of a Salvatore's Pizza location in Rochester.
“He called me last Monday, basically half his business was down,” Fantauzzo said, cited by Fox News. “He's got employees that have been with us for 10 years, and he didn't want to lay anybody off”.
Fantauzzo said he initially tried to help his colleague by selling Semeraro's products at his 29 Salvatore's Pizza locations, but the move did not improve sales. He later came up with the idea of imparting the likeness of the health expert on doughnuts when he saw Fauci on TV calming people amid the…