Collected Item: “Vaccine Hesitancy in the Black Community”
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Vaccine Hesitancy in the Black Community
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This tweet reflects an ongoing controversy of the Covid-19 vaccine. The media has reported a hesitancy of the mRNA vaccine amongst the black community, but with little to no context on why there is such hesitancy. Based on the history of the U.S. public health institution, there have been reported inequalities that include a racial hierarchy within the medical system. This tweet specifies the instances of medical malpractice committed towards people of color and insists on an understanding of racial inequality through the lens of people of color that led to skeptical feelings about the vaccine.
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vaccine, black community, African American, public health, history, virus, safety, misinformation, media, dark history, American medical history, people of color, government, vaccine hesitancy, distrust
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@Allanah_morales
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2021-05-16