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‘Mistrust is well earned’: COVID-19 vaccine rollout must reach communities of color, leaders say
Updated Jan 13, 2021;
Posted Jan 13, 2021
Experts say that existing relationships must be leveraged to dismantle historic mistrust of the medical community among communities of color in order to effectively distribute the coronavirus vaccine to those communities. Dr. Sharee Livingston, an OB-GYN with UPMC Lititz, pictured here getting the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in December, said her role as a role model has already led seniors in her community to line up for the vaccine.
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More Black and brown Americans have contracted the virus and died as a result than white counterparts. ....

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