ADADA recent Washington Post poll found that 63 percent of black adults said they were likely to get a coronavirus vaccine, compared with 70 percent of whites and 78 percent of Hispanics. Only 32 percent of black adults said they would definitely get a vaccine, compared with 45 percent of whites and Hispanics. On Thursday, the president of the American Board of Internal Medicine and others urged the federal government to enlist doctors and scientists of color to build confidence in a coronavirus vaccine in minority communities. “They don’t want to end up like the people did in Tuskegee.”She said they likewise have expressed reluctance about the prospect of a coronavirus vaccine. “And I would hope African Americans would say, ‘No, you’re not shooting me up with that.’ ”Eddy Palanzo and Scott Clement contributed to this report.

Source: Washington Post July 17, 2020 11:03 UTC