A Shot In The Dark

Code Switch

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

As the rollout of coronavirus vaccines unfolds, one big challenge for public health officials has been the skepticism many Black people have toward the vaccine. One notorious medical study — the Tuskegee experiment — has been cited as a reason. But should it be?

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0:00.0	I'm Jean-Demby.
0:00.9	I'm Shireen Marisol Maraji, and this is Code Switch.
0:04.4	From MPR.
0:06.6	So Shireen, that's a long go.
0:09.0	Mama, I've got her first dose of the COVID vaccine.
0:11.0	Congratulations, Ms. Jeanette.
0:12.9	Yeah, I was very happy for her.
0:14.2	It was like a calm, my nerves a lot.
0:16.8	And she got it after standing in a long line
0:19.1	at Temple University, which is a North Philly.
0:21.1	She was in this long line, and a dude near the front of the line
0:23.9	saw her, you know, this 70-something-roll black woman
0:26.8	waiting for the COVID vaccine shot.
0:29.2	Just before they closed down that line at the end of the day.
0:32.0	And so we saw her standing in there, and he was like,
0:33.3	yo, come with me.
0:34.5	And he told the people, given out the shot,
0:35.8	that this lady, who we didn't know, right, was mom,
0:39.1	that she was this plus one.
0:40.1	So first, the brother who got my mama along,
0:42.6	like I appreciate you for that.
0:43.6	Right? Thank you very much.
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