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Black community in Texas faces critical moment in COVID-19 fight
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Despite evidence of the
virus s disproportionate effects on people of color, leaders warned Wednesday night during an ABC13 town hall that infections and hospitalizations in the Black community are likely to rise unless hesitation about the vaccine is addressed soon. The legacy of mistrust goes back many many years, and it s not just in medicine but in other areas, said Dr. Jacquelyn Johnson Minter, health and human services director of Fort Bend County. But I think the really important thing to consider is that we don t want that legacy to then create a new legacy of more illness.