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Descendants of syphilis experiment at Tuskegee caution using study as reason not to get COVID vaccine By Sydney Cameron Tuskegee experiment descendants encourage vaccinations As health officials work to combat COVID-19, there is a group speaking out directly to the African American community. ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - As health officials across the country are working to combat COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, one group is speaking out directly to the African-American community. Descendants of the infamous syphilis experiment at Tuskegee are encouraging Black people to get the vaccine despite many Bla...

Descendants of syphilis experiment at Tuskegee caution using study as reason not to get COVID vaccine Tuskegee experiment descendants encourage vaccinations As health officials work to combat COVID-19, there is a group speaking out directly to the African American community. ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - As health officials across the country are working to combat COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, one group is speaking out directly to the African-American community. Descendants of the infamous syphilis experiment at Tuskegee are encouraging Black people to get the vaccine despite many Black people citing t...

‘We should not deny ourselves:’ Descendants of Black experiment victims encourage people to get vaccinated Outreach part of effort to fight vaccine hesitancy Tags:  ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Some of the descendants of victims of the study near Tuskegee, Alabama are speaking out and encouraging others to trust the medical experts and get vaccinated — all as they’re working to dispel myths and tell the untold stories from that 40-year study. 83-year-old Orange County resident Leo Ware will never forget what he says happened to both his grandfathers during an experimental study. “It’s...

Descendants of the Tuskegee syphilis study joined Orlando County mayor Val Demings in a town hall to urge those hesitant of the COVID-19 vaccine to get the shot.

Descendants of men from horrifying Tuskegee study want to calm virus vaccine fears David Montgomery © Alycee Byrd/For The Washington Post Lillie Tyson Head, whose father, Freddie Lee Tyson, was in the Tuskegee syphilis study. She is president of the Voices for Our Fathers Legacy Foundation. Eighty-four-year-old Florine Edwards was thrilled to receive her coronavirus vaccination in Memphis in March. “When I hear people say, ‘Well, I’m not sure,’ I say, ‘You be sure, because this is important,’ ” she explains. The same goes for Lillie Tyson Head, 76, who recei...