Dr. Fauci on COVID-19 vaccine and concerns of the Black community

March 6, 2021 News 0

00:48 – Black community’s mistrust of healthcare system
03:46 – Precautions to maintain while COVID-19 cases decrease
06:28 – If politics are in the way of defeating COVID-19
08:27 – Racial disparity in vaccinations

Dr. Anthony Fauci was on Start Your Day with Sharon + Mike on Friday and acknowledged that the federal government has not always had the best interest of the Black community in mind.

“The one thing I’ve learned is that you must respect the concerns and the hesitancy of the African-American community,” Fauci said. “It’s rooted in really egregious, unethical behavior.”

Fauci, who heads the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that Black people are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 because of how close they work in the community and more underlying health issues, something he called a “double disadvantage.”

The U.S. has been dealing with the pandemic for more than a year and people are exhausted over COVID-19 restrictions, but that the country isn’t ready to open back up, according to Fauci.

“We are not at that point yet where we can declare victory,” he told Start Your Day’s Sharon Reed and Mike Hill.

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