ATLANTA (AP) — The immunologist who leads the COVID-19 response in the United States said Sunday that “the undeniable effects of racism” have led to unacceptable health disparities that especially hurt African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans during the pandemic.
“COVID-19 has shown a bright light on our own society’s failings,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said during a graduation ceremony for Emory University.
Speaking by webcast from Washington, Fauci told the graduates in Atlanta that many members of minority groups work in essential jobs where they might be exposed to the coronavirus. He also said they are more likely to become infected if exposed because of medical conditions such as hypertension, chronic lung disease, diabetes or obesity.
“Now, very few of these comorbidities have racial determinants,” Fauci said. “Almost all relate to the social determinants of health dating back to disadvantageous conditions that some people of color find themselves in from birth regarding the availability of an adequate diet, access to health care and the undeniable effects of racism in our society.”
Fauci said correcting societal wrongs will take a commitment of decades, and he urged the graduates to be part of the solution.
Fauci said that once society returns to “some form of normality,” people should not forget that infectious disease has disproportionally hospitalized and killed people of color.
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Fauci’s remarks on race come at the 5:50 mark in the video.
Fauci on Sunday was awarded the Emory University president’s medal. Previous recipients include former President Jimmy Carter, the Dalai Lama and the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon. In accepting the award, Fauci denounced the destruction of division.
“Societal divisiveness is counterproductive in a pandemic,” Fauci said. “We must not be at odds with each other since the virus is the enemy, not each other.”
He praised the graduates for handling the profound disruption of the pandemic.
“Not since the influenza pandemic of 1918 has humanity faced a public health crisis of this magnitude,” he said. “Each of you deserves enormous respect for your extraordinary adaptability, resilience and dedication to learning, completing your studies and graduating despite immense difficulties and uncertainties.”
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100% systematic sell-out jackass
“Now, very few of these comorbidities have racial determinants,” Fauci said.
More of the usual left wing group think. No, of course they don’t have “racial determinants”. But they do have “cultural determinants”, and this is something only the black community can remedy. And it can only do it when the leftist government butts out of the picture and ceases to hinder black cultural development by providing freebies and keeping blacks down on the entitlement plantation. We need a lot more Thomas Sowells and a lot less Al Sharptons.
So, now the coronavirus is racist…..
In today’s society, what ISN’T racist…
Fauci jumps on the racism boat.He has had more couldn’t get it rights during this pandemic than i can count but he was able to track the disparities between whites and hispanics and blacks.For some reason they think white people have everything given to them and that is a complete fallacy.My dad worked 2 jobs when he had to as did i when I was bringing up my children and I never took anything from the system .We have to work just as hard as anyone else does in order to live.
This so called Doctor is a total FRAUD while at the same time he is a very big RACIST. He has chosen this lie to promote himself. The issues, health problems blacks have are the same ones people in Africa experience where there is NO RACISM. There are natural characteristics that affect their health and immunity system. If they are obese then just like whites, Asians Indians the cause is not racism. IT IS DIET, activity level. Their immune systems are more compromised in part because their dark skin prevents as much sunshine to be converted into vitamin D to be which impacts their immune system. If it is weak they have more trouble fighting disease. As a licensed medical Doctor he knows this but he has chosen to ignore these facts. Despite what Fraud Fauci thinks he or anyone else can do to change this until he becomes God it will not change. As a liberal if he was really interested in helping blacks to better health he could have dedicated his life to that work. He is all talk trying to keep his unworthy position.
Ahh, but merely pointing out facts like that, is seen as racist..
Run for your lives ,the sky is falling!! Everything is racist. The air, diseases ,math.are racist. What isn’t racist ????
Did this guy just emerge from an incubator after being alive for more than 50 years? Hopefully, the graduating class of 2021 of Emory University will be more intelligent. Listening to Dr. Fuci has got to fall under cruel and unusual punishment, like that of a slowly dripping faucet on your forehead for hours and hours in a dark room. Where has he been all these years that he finally became aware of the existence of societal wrongdoings? They have been around since the creation and fall of Adam, it is man’s nature of his flesh. So what is his solution that we may find hope in to resolve this?
His silence on this means that he is clueless just as all of the many past generations of humanity have failed to make much improvement of the condition of man,s heart. Maybe he should read the Bible and gain wisdom and insight into the heart of the matter of life. I pray for his salvation from his shortcomings, which will only lead to despair and destruction.
This alleged doctor is a disgrace and leftist sell-out. Who is going to investigate this #scamdemic and prosecute those that created the bioweapon (that doesn’t really work that well by the way) and then “sold” the fear porn to the zombie media? Start with this fraud.
Or maybe people of color are hit harder by COVID because it is even harder for them than for white people to get adequate and appropriate levels of vitamin D which has been shown to be a factor in both the catching of and fighting off of COVID.
Oh wait, that can’t be a reason because it doesn’t fit the narrative of systematic racism and white privilege.
When is someone going to investigate Fauci and his patents on various vaccines for COVID as well as his connections to the lab in Wuhan?