Coronavirus: Why Surgeon General Jerome Adams was sidelined

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. Stay up-to-date on the latest Covid-19 news by subscribing to the POLITICO Nightly and POLITICO Pulse newsletters.   MENTIONED ON THIS SHOW POLITICO detailed how Jerome Adams was sidelined earlier this week. Black doctors blast 'woefully anemic' data on minority coronavirus cases.  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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices