I think the reason is the mid wits want desperately to be considered smart so do stupid things to align themselves with people they are told are smart like Fauci.
The black population is a special case because they remember how the US government experimented on them with syphilis without telling them and they know not to trust the US government on medical issues.
Watch this to understand the midwit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byb3ffrBYgU
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