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  • Skepticism about coronavirus vaccines persists in communities of color

    Feb 16, 2021 10:15 am by USA TodayExpert Viewpoints
    African American nurse gets a COVID-19 vaccine. Photo by Shannon Stapleton/Getty Images

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    • African American nurse gets a COVID-19 vaccine. Photo by Shannon Stapleton/Getty Images

    USA Today (Feb. 16) 'When we talk about why Black people wouldn’t trust a medical establishment a lot of people cite Tuskegee, which makes sense,' says Rana Hogarth, a history professor at Illinois. 'But Tuskegee is not the start.'