Trauma after trauma : Scars from Flint s water crisis shake city s faith in Covid vaccine
Erin Einhorn
January 12, 2021, 8:47 AM
DETROIT In the weeks since the arrival of the first Covid-19 vaccines, the Rev. Dr. Sarah Bailey has been fielding calls from friends and neighbors in Flint.
Callers ask about the new vaccines side effects, said Bailey, who runs a faith-based health awareness organization called Bridges Into the Future.
They wonder whether the messenger RNA or mRNA vaccines can change a person s DNA, she said. They say, Ooh, can I catch Covid from it?
Bailey, an elder at Flint’s Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International and the vice chair of a local network called Community-Based Organization Partners, reassures them. The vaccine won t give them the virus and it won t affect their DNA, she tells them, just as all major medical authorities have said based on extensive testing. She walks them through the science behind the vaccines.