Dr. Anthony Fauci says that when the COVID-19 pandemic is over, “there will still be health disparities which we really do need to address in the African-American community.”
Trump, Fauci confirm blacks especially hard it
"Look, if one person dies, it’s a painful week. And we know that’s gonna unfortunately happen. This is a monster, we are fighting," Trump said."Signs are that our strategy is totally working. Every American has a role to play in winning this war, and we are going to be winning it. We are going to be winning it powerfully, and we will be prepared for the next one, should it happen, but hopefully it won't," Trump said.
President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, April 7, 2020."We have a difficult problem of exacerbation of a health disparity.
Response coordinator for White House Coronavirus Task Force Deborah Birx and Vice President Mike Pence listen during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 7, 2020, in Washington.Later in the briefing, Dr. Deborah Birx, the task force coordinator, tried to clarify how the virus is affecting the black community.
"I could not help sitting there reflecting about how sometimes when you are the middle of a crisis, like we are now with the coronavirus. It really does have ultimately -- shine a very bright light on some of the real weaknesses and foibles in our society," Fauci said. It was important to address those weaknesses, he said, noting they will still exist even as people see the threat of coronavirus dissipate.
President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 7, 2020, in Washington. President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 7, 2020, in Washington.
"I guess he talked to various people about it but, ultimately, I did what the memo -- more or less -- what the memo said just about the time the memo came out," Trump said. “I didn’t see ‘em, but I heard he wrote some memos talking about pandemic.” Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly testifies during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., Dec. 3, 2019.
President Trump has removed the lead member of a new panel Congress tasked with overseeing the implementation of the $2 trillion coronavirus relief package signed into law last month.Glenn Fine, who had served as the acting Department of Defense inspector general since before Trump took office -- and was tapped last week to lead the relief oversight panel -- is being replaced on the committee by Sean O'Donnell, currently the acting inspector general at the Environmental Protection Agency.
Glenn Fine, acting Inspector General at the Department of Defense, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Dece. 6, 2017 in Washington.At the White House briefing, Trump defended his decision to remove Fine, saying he was within his rights as the nation's chief executive.
A senior administration official confirms to ABC News that the Treasury Department is preparing to request roughly $250 billion to replenish the rapidly-depleting paycheck protection program as early as today. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who co-authored the program, tweeted about the need for more funds Tuesday morning.
President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, April 6, 2020, in Washington."Couple of little glitches, minor glitches that have already been taken care of," Trump said. President Donald Trump, flanked by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his daughter and senior advisor Ivanka Trump, participates in a "small business relief update" conference call virtual event with banking executives to discuss the U.S. government's rescue program for businesses hurt by the coronavirus, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, April 7, 2020.
Even as the president took action to restrict travel from China, President Trump continued to publicly downplay the virus for weeks and has since defended the administration's slow response time. White House trade adviser Peter Navarro speaks during an interview at the White House, April 6, 2020, in Washington.Surgeon General Jerome Adams, on ABC's"Good Morning America" this morning, said there's cause for"both" optimism and concern in the days ahead as the nation fights the coronavirus.
On the lack of a national stay-at-home order, Adams was careful not to break with the president and emphasized that local governments have the real enforcement capabilities and applauded the American people for voluntarily abiding by social distancing practices.After less than a year on the job, White House press secretary and communications director Stephanie Grisham is stepping down, according to senior Trump administration officials.
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