Syracuse town hall seeks to allay mistrust that makes some Blacks leery of Covid vaccine
Updated Jan 28, 2021;
Posted Jan 28, 2021
Dr. Daryll C. Dykes, chief diversity officer, Upstate Medical University, speaks at a virtual town hall meeting on Covid-19.
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Syracuse, N.Y. – Many Black people are leery of Covid-19 vaccines even though the virus is disproportionately hurting their community, according to Dr. Darryl Dykes of Upstate Medical University.
Dykes tried to allay some of those fears Wednesday night at a Syracuse virtual town hall meeting on Covid-19 focused on minorities.
He said the Covid-19 vaccines are safe and nearly 30% of the people who participated in the vaccine clinical trials were minorities. “There are no credible reports of any kind of increased risk of adverse reactions to the vaccines in Black and brown populations,” said Dykes, Upstate’s chief diversity officer.