Nurse practitioner and clergy urge African-Americans to take COVID-19 vaccine
Nurse practitioner and clergy urge African-Americans to take COVID-19 vaccine By Roslyn Anderson | January 7, 2021 at 7:23 PM CST - Updated January 7 at 7:23 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Some in the African-American community are apprehensive about taking the COVID-19 vaccine. But after one medical expert’s husband spent 25 days on a ventilator, she says refusing it could be a matter of life and death.
“My husband contracted COVID-19 from an asymptomatic person, and he almost died,” said nurse practitioner Candance Childress. The Jackson Hinds Comprehensive Health Center worker also contracted the virus but had mild symptoms.