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Medicine’s Scott Frank explains mistrust of COVID-19 vaccine in Black communities

Black leaders, residents want culturally competent messaging on COVID-19 vaccine for communities harboring distrust

Akron Beacon Journal: Scott Frank, director of public health initiatives in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences at the School of Medicine, discussed the mistrust of the COVID-19 vaccine in Black communities—based on historical and well-documented harms, including unethical government scientific studies from the past.