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Descendants of syphilis experiment at Tuskegee caution using study as reason not to get COVID vaccine
By Sydney Cameron
Tuskegee experiment descendants encourage vaccinations
As health officials work to combat COVID-19, there is a group speaking out directly to the African American community.
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - As health officials across the country are working to combat COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, one group is speaking out directly to the African-American community.
Descendants of the infamous syphilis experiment at Tuskegee are encouraging Black people to get the vaccine despite many Black people citing the experiment as a reason why they do not trust doctors or the vaccine.
Descendants of syphilis experiment at Tuskegee caution using study as reason not to get COVID vaccine
Tuskegee experiment descendants encourage vaccinations
As health officials work to combat COVID-19, there is a group speaking out directly to the African American community.
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - As health officials across the country are working to combat COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, one group is speaking out directly to the African-American community.
Descendants of the infamous syphilis experiment at Tuskegee are encouraging Black people to get the vaccine despite many Black people citing the experiment as a reason why they do not trust doctors or the vaccine.
‘We should not deny ourselves:’ Descendants of Black experiment victims encourage people to get vaccinated
Outreach part of effort to fight vaccine hesitancy
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Some of the descendants of victims of the study near Tuskegee, Alabama are speaking out and encouraging others to trust the medical experts and get vaccinated all as they’re working to dispel myths and tell the untold stories from that 40-year study.
83-year-old Orange County resident Leo Ware will never forget what he says happened to both his grandfathers during an experimental study.
“It’s no question what happened was wrong,” Ware said. “They thought they were being treated but it wasn’t for the syphilis it was for what they call bad blood.”
Descendants of the Tuskegee syphilis study joined Orlando County mayor Val Demings in a town hall to urge those hesitant of the COVID-19 vaccine to get the shot.