Minorities have higher chances for 'bad outcomes' as country reopens: Former acting CDC director

Dr. Richard Besser, the former acting director of the​ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during part of the first term of the Obama administration, said that he worries as states continue their push to reopen communities of color will begin to see more “bad outcomes” since the virus disproportionately impacts them.

“I worry, though, that as states start to open up, their economies, get more people back to work, which is something everyone wants to see happen,” Besser, a former medical editor at ABC News, said on the 'Powerhouse Politics' podcast.

Besser, the president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is working with the multi-state council to reopen the northeastern part of the country.