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Public health authorities still haven’t earned trust after years of mistreatment.
Moira Wyton is The Tyee’s health reporter. Follow her @moirawyton or reach her here. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.
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Vaccine distrust is high among Black people across North America because of the horrific ways that science has treated them. In the US, some Black leaders such as Andrew Young have received a COVID-19 vaccination to encourage others to do so.
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When COVID-19 vaccines began to arrive in British Columbia, many in Stephanie Allen’s family and the wider Black and African diaspora communities were far from relieved. ....

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