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by Nancy Derringer Rev. W.J. Rideout at an outdoor sermon in Roseville (File photo) With the expected approval this week of a second highly effective vaccine for Covid-19, a once-dim light at the end of a dark tunnel has grown significantly brighter. An end to the worldwide pandemic could be – fingers crossed – in sight. But that end will depend on how widely the vaccines are embraced by the public. And no subset of the public has more skin in the game than African Americans, particularly in Detroit. The Black community has suffered disproportionate numbers of cases and deaths. But they also have many reasons to be suspicious of a brand-new vaccine, sped through the approval process by a president they don’t trust. And such lethal medical malpractice as the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment is common knowledge. ....