The presence of coronavirus has added new layers to various political and social controversies across the nation.
Medical experts and other professionals maintain that coronavirus transmission and fatality rates are disproportionally impacting black communities and communities of color. This analysis has subsequently engendered questions about why non-white communities are allegedly facing higher rates of COVID-19.
According to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the answer to these questions is “institutional racism.” The notion of racism supposedly being ingrained in U.S. society is a talking point that commonly comes from the political left. Nevertheless, this is the claim Fauci made during Tuesday’s House Energy and Commerce Committee conference.
Fauci on coronavirus and “institutional racism”
When speaking before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Fauci made his thoughts quite clear. The doctor asserted that the black community has experienced racism for extensive periods of time; then, he went on to claim that social and economic factors contribute to higher rates of COVID-19 in communities of color.
