Posted on 02/20/2021 7:10:48 PM PST by conservative98
Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious diseases expert, said on Friday that racial disparities in COVID-19 vaccination are "very disturbing."
Fauci made the remark during an interview on MSNBC's "The ReidOut." He and host Joy Reid were discussing data that showed white populations were getting vaccinated at higher rates than communities of color.
"They're getting a double whammy against them. Not only do they have the propensity because of their jobs out in the community to get infected; they have the underlying conditions that make them more likely to get a serious outcome," Fauci said of the underserved populations. "The proportions that you showed are very disturbing."
While Fauci recognized a sense of "understandable vaccine hesitancy" among minority communities, he noted that it is important to actively expand vaccine access to those populations.
"We've got to really extend ourselves in the community to get the access to minority populations that they don't have," Fauci said, noting that President Biden has actively set up vaccination centers in areas heavily populated by minority communities.
Fauci also said he's been working to directly address vaccine hesitancy in communities of color.
"What we've been trying to do, and I take this very seriously, is extend yourself to the African American and Latino populations and explain to them that we totally respect why you're being hesitant," Fauci said. "But that history gets passed down, and you've go to say, look, we respect your concern, but these 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."
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Do you suppose he stayed at a Holiday Inn Express, last night?
When the pharmacies get the vaccine, they might show. Their churches should be and likely will provide assistance.
That’s a lot of BS.
Their churches have always taken them to the polling booth. Let them kick in. They will when the drugstores get the vaccines.
Perhaps there being more white people than black, etc. is a factor. I wonder if more white people have died from the virus than blacks. Would that even things out? In Fauci’s world, it just might.
There are a ton of conspiracy theories being passed around by no less than RFK, Jr. and thats not helping. There is also a wait-and-see attitude because the vaccine was developed so quickly. I spoke with one lady who was eligible, and was refusing the vaccine despite being in a high risk job. She started out spouting conspiracy theories, so I pointed out that they were conspiracy theories. Then she shifted to the rapid development of the vaccine and a desire to let other people be the guinea pigs. I think it boils down to fear, and Trump was turned into a bogeyman. I’m wondering if this hesitancy is fallout from the Democrats unhinged attacks against Trump? They attacked everything he did, and developing a vaccine was a huge priority for his administration.
Majority of people in America are white, which Fauci calls ‘disturbing’
There is some truth there.
We had to log in at 6am on Wednesday only to register for vaccine appointment, and the appointments were all taken up within 20-30 minutes.
3 weeks after receiving the vaccine why I am still alive and well? Does the vaccine have a time bomb to go off after so many weeks? You seem to know the real answers, please post it here!!
OK, so which is it? America’s #1 privileged victim group says it doesn’t trust Whitey because of Tuskugee experiment and won’t get the vaccine, and then whines about not getting the vaccine!
Pick one.
The fact that white people are the majority here in the United States means nothing to this man who is supposed to be a scientist is disturbing even more. More than 85% of the citizenry is white, but this means nothing to Fauci? Is it possible that it is just his way of getting his name in the news once again today?
When I went to get my shot there was plenty of black folks getting stuck
Actually they are at the front of the line right now. Why? They are calling for appointments and going, waiting two weeks, and getting the other shot. It does take a bit of initiative. The shots don’t just magically appear. Some of my neighbors waited hours to get the shot at the beginning anyway.
Can you imagine being a white baby born in 2021? What kind of life will they have? I shutter to think. I’m 51 and worry about being a white guy at 71 in this country the way it’s going.
Well, pedo joe gave it up in the town hall the other night apparently. Hispanics and rural and inner city POC ain’t able to figure out how to go online and set up an appointment. IE: Y’all too stoopid. Lame stream? Pass............. Can you even imagine had PDJT said something like that?
LOL
Do you have to show ID to get a shot?
Did white Fauci give up his two shots to some elderly black guy?
I didn’t think so.
Overall, 39.6% of persons who were vaccinated represented racial and ethnic minorities.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7005e1.htm
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