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What is Alabama doing to vaccinate Black people against COVID?
Updated Feb 09, 2021;
Posted Feb 08, 2021
Dr. Mary McIntyre, chief medical officer for the Alabama Department of Public Health, receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Monday, December 21, 2020 at Baptist South Medical Center in Montgomery. (Governor s Office/Hal Yeager)
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The state’s effort to improve access to the COVID-19 vaccine and build trust in the vaccine for one of Alabama’s most vulnerable groups – Black residents – is lacking for a population nearly three times more likely to die from and almost four times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than whites, advocates say.
Dr. Roland Walker, Gary’s health commissioner, said getting the message across to people, particularly in the African American community, that the vaccine is safe and can save lives is a challenge.