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Dr. Valerie Fitzhugh, Spokesperson for the College of American Pathologists, joins Morning Joe to discuss participating in a coronavirus vaccine trial.Dec. 28, 2020
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Doctor joins COVID-19 vaccine trial to combat mistrust in the Black community
by Faiza Amin and Meredith Bond
Posted Dec 23, 2020 10:55 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 23, 2020 at 11:13 am EDT
Racialized communities have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19 in infections and deaths, but as the vaccine provides hope for many across the world, doctors are working to combat mistrust in the COVID-19 vaccine within the Black and Indigenous communities.
One doctor in the United States took matters into her own hands, by signing up to be a part of a COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial and sharing her story online.
Dr. Valerie Fitzhugh is an Associate Professor of Pathology at Rutgers University Medical School. In a thread shared on Twitter, Fitzhugh detailed why she decided to join the trial and what it was like participating in one.
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