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Importance of Minorities in Vaccine Trials

Credit: WAAY ABC Huntsville, AL
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Importance of Minorities in Vaccine Trials
Importance of Minorities in Vaccine Trials
Importance of Minorities in Vaccine Trials

Us tonight -- i'm najahe sherman.

Dan shaffer has the night off.

Over the course of this pandemic -- we've reported that people who are african- american have been disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus.

The most recent data from the state health department shows 38-point- four percent of all deaths are from the black community.

That is slightly down from the 39-point-six percent a month ago.

Plus -- african-americans aren't participating in vaccine clinical trials as much as researchers would like.

Waay 31's will robinson-smith joins us liive outside of hudson alpha.

He learned how state and local groups are working to help address these issues.

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