Anthony Fauci, the United States¡¯ top infectious disease expert, highlighted how COVID-19 disproportionately sickens people of color, and said they must be strongly represented in the race to find a vaccine.
Fauci, who heads the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said in an interview at the Bloomberg Equality Summit that people of color often hold essential jobs that don¡¯t allow them to work from home. At the same time, they have higher prevalence of conditions including diabetes, hypertension and obesity.
It¡¯s a toxic combination that¡¯s translated into higher COVID-19 hospitalization rates than the population at large, according to Fauci.
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