He also defended the stay-at-home orders as having saved "millions of lives," and drew attention to anti-science bias and the disproportionate impact the virus is having on the black community. On "anti-science bias" in AmericaFauci said "anti-science bias" in the country can be problematic. On the vaccine processThe process of getting a United States coronavirus vaccine candidate into a Phase 1 trial happened at record speed, according to Fauci. On Covid-19 disproportionately impacting black AmericansSocial inequalities are among the factors behind why the black community in the United States has "suffered disproportionately" from Covid-19, Fauci said. On the US lockdown measuresFauci defended the shutdown policies in the United States and around the world during the pandemic as having saved "millions of lives."

Source: CNN June 18, 2020 20:15 UTC