Anthony Fauci
Anthony FauciOvernight Health Care: Biden visits Pfizer vaccine factory in Michigan | Neve delays 6 million doses | Israeli study provides new evidence in dose debate Blumenthal presses Facebook and Twitter to remove misleading information about vaccines for pregnant women The Hill’s 12:30 report: Vaccination prospects for spring MORE, the country’s leading infectious disease specialist, said on Friday that racial disparities in the COVID-19 vaccination are “very disturbing”.
Fauci made the observation during an interview on MSNBC’s “The Reid Out” program, he and presenter Joy Reid discussed data that showed that white populations were being vaccinated at higher rates than communities of color.
“They are getting a double blow against them, not only do they have the propensity because of their jobs in the community to be infected, but also the underlying conditions that make them more likely to get a serious result,” said Fauci of the poor. . “Now [that] we have vaccines available, the proportions you showed are very worrying. ”
Although Fauci recognized a sense of “understandable hesitation about the vaccine” among minority communities, he noted that it is important to actively expand access to the vaccine for minority populations.
“We really need to expand in the community to have access to minority populations that they don’t have,” said Fauci, noting that President biden
Joe BidenREAD: Gigantic COVID-19 relief bill from House Democrats House panel reveals relief package .9T Nunes lawsuit against CNN filed MORE actively established vaccination centers in areas densely populated by minority communities.
Fauci also said that he is working to deal directly with vaccine hesitation in communities of color.
“What we are trying to do, and I take this very seriously, is to reach out to African American and Latino populations and explain to them that we fully respect the reason for their hesitation,” said Fauci. “But this story is passed on and you will say, ‘Look, we respect your concern, but those are the two or three reasons why you really need to get vaccinated. For your own health, for the health of your community and literally for the health of the entire nation. ‘ ”
Black or African-American populations are almost three times more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19 compared to white populations and almost twice as likely to die from the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Hispanic communities are 3.2 times more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19 and 2.3 times more likely to die.