blackstock, i'll start with you.n the president saying the more testing they do, the more cases result from it. what do you make of it? >> good morning. thank you for having me back. what dr. fauci said is exactly correct. we're not just seeing increase in positive rates but increase in hospitalizations. so this is not just because we're testing more. we're actually seeing the consequences of what happens when you see increased cases. so dr. fauci was select correct. >> he was asked about another line of messaging from kids. president trump about kids. here's a listen. >> children do get infected. if you're talking about a conclusion that children in general are immune, that children do get infected, we know that, so, therefore, they're not immune. they generally do much, much better because if you look at the hospitalizations. >> cori, we've been hearing a lot of reporting about that, of course, the president saying they're immune. but in california, you had one of the youngest child deaths happen just within the la

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blackstock ceo and founder of advancing health equity.e ask you, doctor, when you look at the numbers, the covid tracking project found that as of july 30th, 74% black americans were dying from coronavirus per 100,000 people compared to 30 deaths per 100,000 for white americans. and then from cdc racial data is known, black americans make up april 20% of the covid cases and 22% of the deaths but yet only 13% of the u.s. population. we all have the same lungs. why is there such a drastic disparity? >> thank you very figure me on reverend al. last time that we spoke we talked about the record from the states and now we are showing the staggering numbers. we know there are factors all related to systemic racism that placed black americans and others of color at risk from being infected and dying from covid-19. they have a history of underlying diseases, housing where there is overcrowding, using public transportation and then just being in situations where they are more likely to be exposed to covid-19. okay. these are social and economic po

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