"I'm not going to be a guinea pig."
Dr. Angela Hawkins heard this refrain more than a few times as she discussed the COVID-19 vaccine with her patients.
Hawkins said people of all races have made these remarks, but the majority of them were Black.
Such skepticism didn't surprise her at all.
As a member of the Oklahoma Alliance of Black Physicians, Hawkins is trying to educate Black communities about the safety of the vaccine in the hope that more individuals will get it at the first opportunity.
It's a message that is also being spread by state leaders like Sen. George Young and health agencies like the Oklahoma City-County Health Department.