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Doctor joins COVID-19 vaccine trial to combat mistrust in the Black community


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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How Confident Can You Be in a Coronavirus Test?


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Things like which kind of test it was, and the reason for taking it, should factor into how much credence to give a positive or negative result.
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In mid-November, David Piegaro tested positive for the coronavirus. His results came too late.
The night before, Mr. Piegaro, a member of the National Guard, drove to New Jersey to visit his family after receiving two negative rapid test results, two days in a row. By the next morning, he had left. But the single overnight stay was enough to spread the virus Mr. Piegaro was unknowingly carrying to multiple members of his family, including his grandfather, who ended up spending two weeks in the hospital. ....

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