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Why we're thinking about vaccine hesitancy wrong in communities of color: Experts On Location: May 7, 2021 Replay Video UP NEXT It started with the op-eds. Even before COVID-19vaccines were widely available, newspapers' opinion pages warned that some Black people would be hesitant to get the shot. Those columns often referenced the infamous 1930s Tuskegee Syphilis Study, during which doctors withheld treatment from Black men with syphilis, as evidence of lingering well-founded mistrust that might drag down vaccination rates in the Black community.MORE: The risks unvaccinated Americans are we...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Vaccination rates lag in communities of color, but it's not only due to hesitancy, experts say Focusing on hesitancy, rather than access, is looking at the problem backward. • 13 min read Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.CJ Gunther/EPA via Shutterstock It started with the op-eds. Even before COVID-19vaccines were widely available, newspapers' opinion pages warned that some Black people would be hesitant to get the shot. Those columns often referenced the infamous 1930s Tuskegee Syphilis Stu...