Fauci said people blaming immigrants for the spread of COVID-19 in the US needed to 'face reality'
Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday said immigrants were not driving the spread of COVID-19 in the US, despite some Americans saying they believed otherwise.
The CNN host Dana Bash asked Fauci about a recent poll that found 55% of Republicans and 40% of unvaccinated US adults cited immigrants and tourists as a major reason for the most recent US surge in COVID-19 cases.
Bash asked Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, whether immigrants specifically were a major reason for COVID-19 spread in the US.
"No, absolutely not," he said. "If you just look at the data and look at the people who have gotten infected, look at the people who are in the hospital, look at the people who've died. This is not driven by immigrants."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fauci-said-people-blaming-immigrants-010849200.html
Foreigners, especially brown ones, are standard scapegoats for the right.
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