In an interview with WVXU on Thursday, Cincinnati Health Commissioner Melba Moore said vaccinated and unvaccinated fans should be wearing a mask and socially distancing.
Times Leader Staff Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio The state held the first of four planned virtual town hall meetings Monday to answer questions about vaccines for the COVID-19 pandemic and to encourage people to get the shots.
The first town hall at coronavirus.ohio.gov, directed to ward African American Ohioans, included Black medical professionals, advocates and representatives of the faith communities who spoke with the goal of assuring viewers of the vaccine’s safety.
Panelists began by acknowledging the mistrust many in the African American community have for government programs related to health care, mentioning the Tuskegee Experiments of the 1930s through the 1970s that involved secretly withholding treatment for syphilis. Speakers added that African American professionals were involved in the development of the vaccine and that 10 percent of the study group of 4,400 and 3,000 people for the Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, respectively, were composed of African Americans