Fauci says it’s essential that minority communities get a Covid-19 vaccine
It’s “essential” that minority communities get vaccinated against Covid-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Friday on CNN’s town hall.
“The burden of disease, not only of the likelihood of getting infected because of the nature of the jobs that minorities have, they’re out there, they’re in the community, they’re doing the essential jobs,” Fauci said.
Fauci added that minorities are also at greater risk of severe infection and death than their White counterparts.
“They have a double whammy because once they do get infected they have a degree and a relative incidence and prevalence of the underlying comorbidities which make it much more likely for them to have a serious outcome once they are infected,” he said.
“[It’s] an extra special reason of why we have to get the minority community vaccinated, not only for their own health, the health of their families, but the health of their community,” Fauci added.
“[It’s] an extra special reason of why we have to get the minority community vaccinated, not only for their own health, the health of their families, but the health of their community,” Fauci added.
