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Ellis: Why Blacks are Hesitant to Take COVID-19 Vaccine

By Glenn Ellis In spite of Blacks being one of the populations hit hardest around the world from COIVD-19, a poll from The Undefeated sports and pop culture web site and the Kaiser Family Foundation found that almost half of all Black would not take a vaccine. The findings from this poll gives cause to […]

Source: The Birmingham Times

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