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. 2021 Jun;8(3):543-546.
doi: 10.1007/s40615-021-01025-4. Epub 2021 Mar 30.

Addressing Justified Vaccine Hesitancy in the Black Community

Cato T Laurencin  1   2   3   4   5   6   7
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Addressing Justified Vaccine Hesitancy in the Black Community

Cato T Laurencin. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2021 Jun.

Abstract

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a terrible and long-lasting impact on the world. As the infection spreads, the projected mortality and economic devastation are unprecedented. Racism and its subsequent effects on social and economic factors have resulted in the virus disproportionally effecting Black people. Given that the virus has hit the Black community the hardest, I am concerned now that vaccine hesitancy may perpetuate the health disparities that we are currently seeing in the numbers of infections and deaths taking place in the Black community.

Keywords: Blacks; COVID-19; Infections; Vaccine; Vaccine Hesitancy; Virus.

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Laurencin is a member of the board of MiMedx Company. Dr. Laurencin has served as a consultant for Johnson and Johnson Company.

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COVID-19 national vaccinations and data by race [7]
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