Bridgeport councilman gets COVID vaccine, urges skeptical Black residents to get theirs
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City councilman Ernest Newton speaks at a news conference at the Morton Government Center, in Bridgeport, Conn. Oct. 20, 2020.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media
BRIDGEPORT Normally draped in his trademark richly colored suits when out and about, Councilman Ernie Newton is publicly baring an arm for a cause.
“I’m here today to get my shot because I believe that this will help us not spread the disease,” Newton says in a video posted online on Facebook over the weekend.
With some minorities hesitant to receive the two-dose coronavirus vaccinations, Newton, a longtime Black community leader and politician, recently pledged to promote his inoculation in order to convince constituents it is safe to do so.