Vaccine Hesitancy in Flint, Michigan

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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This pandemic has highlighted how essential it is for people to feel like they can trust public health officials. But that’s easier said than done in Flint, Michigan, where locals are still dealing with serious repercussions from the 2014 water crisis. CNN’s Omar Jimenez reports from Flint, talking to members of the community about their lasting distrust in government and how that's impacted their views on the coronavirus vaccines. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	With respect to the vaccine, it's not just the water crisis, but it's the history of
0:06.6	lack of trust.
0:07.9	Black and brown people have often been the guinea pigs.
0:10.7	You have failed information, so why should I trust you now?
0:14.2	People in Flint, Michigan have had their faith shaken, perhaps like no other community
0:18.5	in the country.
0:19.5	Melissa Mays says the ominous change in the water was particularly noticeable at that time.
0:25.6	My youngest would tell me mom, it's yellow and it's a filmy gross foamy thing and it would
0:29.7	smell like open sewer.
0:31.7	Back in 2014, state officials repeatedly assured residents of Flint that their drinking water
0:38.3	was safe to drink.
0:40.0	We now know it was not.
0:42.2	It turned out there were dangerous levels of lead in the water, which can damage the
0:45.9	heart and the kidneys and the nerves.
0:48.4	Let exposure can also cause serious developmental problems in children, and we've seen that happen
0:53.3	in Flint.
0:54.6	That was seven years ago, but some residents still harbor, I think, an understandable distrust
1:00.6	of public officials.
1:02.3	And that has been a problem throughout this pandemic.
1:05.7	CNN's Omar Jimenez has been reporting from Flint, talking to members of the community
1:10.6	about their lasting doubt of the government and how the water crisis has impacted their
1:15.5	views on the coronavirus vaccines.
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