Host Dan Diamond, Maya King and Jeremy Siegel discuss new CDC data that shows that Covid-19 is affecting black Americans at at higher rates and how the Trump administration — and specifically, Surgeon General Jerome Adams — are responding to criticism.

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Dan Diamond is host of POLITICO Pulse Check and author of the POLITICO Pulse newsletter.
Maya King  is the Campaign 2020 reporting fellow at POLITICO.
Jeremy Siegel  is a host for POLITICO Dispatch.
Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio. 
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.

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