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Pressure to produce a coronavirus vaccine is increasing by the day, but for a safe vaccine to go into the market, it requires time.
More African Americans are most likely to get the coronavirus vaccine if negative results are decreased, said Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association and a former Maryland and D.C. health commissioner.
” What is most crucial is for individuals of all races to have equal access to vaccines given that we’re not going to go back to normality till we have an efficient vaccine,” Benjamin said.
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Black medical leaders: Coronavirus amplifies racial inequities, with deadly repercussions
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