Dr. Fauci Reflects on Gay Community’s Battle Against HIV/AIDS in Remarks About COVID-19’s Disproportionate Toll on Black People:

Dr. Anthony Fauci reflected on the disproportionate toll that AIDS took on the gay community in remarks about how COVID-19 is similarly affecting the African-American community.

Fauci praised the gay community for “courage and dignity and strength and activism” in the face of stigmatization.

Fauci made the remarks, ironically, as VP Mike Pence looked on. Pence in 2000 said that he was in favor of sending money allocated to care for people with HIV/AIDS to organizations that provide conversion therapy.

Said Fauci at the White House press briefing: “I couldn’t help sitting there reflecting about sometimes when you’re in 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. And as some of you know a greater proportion of my career has been defined by HIV/AIDS, and if you go back then during that period of time when there was extraordinary stigma particularly against the gay community. And it was only when the world realized how the gay community responded to this outbreak with incredible courage and dignity and strength and activism —I think that really changed some of the stigma against the gay community. Very much so. I see a similarity here because health disparities have always existed for the African-American community.”

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