The long shadow of racism in medicine leaves Black Americans wary of a COVID-19 vaccine
Published Date: 10/30/2020
Source: Yahoo News
A Yahoo News/YouGov poll found that only 27 percent of Black Americans plan to get a coronavirus vaccine if and when one becomes available. Dr. Uché Blackstock, a Yahoo News medical contributor and CEO of Advancing Health Equity, says this distrust is not unique to COVID-19. “It’s preexisting," she says, "just like the health inequities are preexisting." Follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yahoonews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yahoonews/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/yahoonews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yahoonews Website: https://news.yahoo.com/ #COVID19 #Vaccine