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Webinar aims to ease vaccine fears in the Black community
Webinar aims to ease COVID-19 vaccine fears
There is a lot of work to be done to convince the public that COVID-19 vaccines are safe. Surveys show fewer than half of Black Americans plan to get one.
DALLAS - COVID-19 vaccines continue rolling out but public health and political leaders are concerned about the tepid trust of the vaccine across Black communities.
Some studies show a little over 40% of African Americans would consider taking the vaccine. Yet Blacks are three times more likely to die from the virus. There’s some skepticism within the African American community in terms of taking this vaccine, said Dallas City Councilman Casey Thomas.