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C-19 Vaccine: What’s Next for the Black Community STACY M BROWN
NNPA - The first wave of coronavirus vaccines should reach the public this week, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommending that all adults receive the vaccination in 2021. While the CDC said there should be enough doses for as many as 20 million people to receive vaccination
by the end of December, health officials expect a much larger supply in the coming months. Still, with a justified distrust of unproven vaccines, and a perceived limited participation by African Americans in clinical the trials that lead to the development of the COVID-19 vaccine, many question whether African Americans will accept vaccination. Others are also concerned that,
even if the Black community generally accepts the vaccine, would doses be available. “I’m guessing white folks will be first in line,” Monica Roderick, a Temple Hills, Maryland mother of four, opined. “One of the reasons I shudder when I hear people talk about how Black people are still suspect because of the Tuskegee Experiment and other vaccines that
ended wrong is because it tends to give other folks the greenlight to leave us out,” Roderick said. She continued: “This virus is the worst thing the world has seen in 100 years. It’s too important not to consider the vaccine, especially since most people affected by the coronavirus are Black and Brown.” Putting whether the Black
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