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Henrietta Lacks had immortal cells that scientists used for decades without her knowledge and consent.
The Black mother from Baltimore was never told about the experiments used in the development of the vaccines and countless other products, patents and studies around the world.
Her story is just one chapter in a rarely discussed history of race in medicine in America. After centuries of mistreatment, the resulting mistrust of science could now keep millions of Blacks, Latinos and other minorities in America from getting vaccines.
“If you don’t trust your doctor, you are not going to go, and that’s a cultural norm in the Black community,” said Dr. Ala Stanford, a pediatric surgeon from Jenkintown and founder of the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium.