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Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
This what we're discussing on Leid Stories today.
Why Do So Many African Americans Have Doubts About the Covid-19 Vaccine?
The coronavirus continues its murderous rampage across the nation, even as newly developed vaccines are being rolled out for mass distribution.
A data center at Johns Hopkins University that serves as a national repository for Covid-19 statistics recorded reports of $15.5 million cases (plus 221,000 new cases) of Covid-19 nationwide, and 289,000 (plus 2,630) deaths as of yesterday.
A news conference yesterday, hosted by the National Urban League and featuring Dr. Anthony Fauci, a senior health advisor to President-elect Joe Biden, launched a special outreach effort targeting African Americans. It coincided with the vaccine rollout.
African Americans got "preferential treatment" yesterday. But why?
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