Few Black people in Pa. have received COVID-19 vaccines
Updated Feb 19, 2021;
Posted Feb 19, 2021
Dr. Stephen Henderson with Penn State Health Cocoa Outpatient Center, gives 73-year-old Lynn Davis from Cleona, a band aid after he gave her the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. | Jason Plotkin, Penn State Health
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Even though he is Black, Henderson said some of his Black patients remain wary of the vaccines.
“It’s challenging for me as a Black physician to convince my patients to get the vaccine,” Henderson said.
“Most of my patients trust me,” he said. “Some of my patients, they still have a lot of issues. I’m a physician and part of the system. So they still have the distrust … That’s not easy.”
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