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Tyler Perry has had the coronavirus vaccine to help combat scepticism around the jab
The 51-year-old actor-and-producer admitted he didn t really trust the vaccine because of how quickly it was approved but doctors agreed to answer his questions and he has now created a special documentary, COVID-19 Vaccine And The Black Community: A Tyler Perry Special , to help allay other people s fears 31 January 2021
He said: I was really concerned â because this last administration, and all of the pressure they were putting on the CDC and FDA, I don t know â I didn t really feel like I could trust it. But once I got all of the information, found out the researchers, I was very, very happy.
29 January 2021
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Tyler Perry has had the Covid-19 vaccine, as he preps a BET documentary to reassure the Black community.
The movie mogul has received both doses of Pfizer s coronavirus vaccine, and told Gayle King on CBS This Morning that he wanted to make Covid-19 Vaccine And The Black Community: A Tyler Perry Special to help put people s fears to rest. If you look at our history in this country, the Tuskegee experiment, Henrietta Lacks, it raises flags for us as African American people. So I understand why there s a healthy scepticism about the vaccine, he said, admitting that at first, he didn t really feel like I could trust it .
Tyler Perry Preparing for Covid-19 Vaccine Documentary to Allay Black People s Fears
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The Madea filmmaker is gearing up for a documentary about Covid-19 vaccine in hopes to assure Black community that the injection is safe and put their fears to rest. Jan 28, 2021
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Tyler Perry has received the Covid-19 vaccine as he preps a BET documentary about the vaccine to allay the fears of the black community.
The movie mogul has received both doses of Pfizer s coronavirus vaccine, and told
CBS This Morning that he wanted to be involved in
COVID-19 Vaccine and the Black Community: A Tyler Perry Special to try and put people s fears to rest.