United States of Anxiety | Tell It To Me Straight, Doc with Dr. Brittani James and Dr. Oni Blackstock

ROLE: Producer; Segment Reporter and Editor

As the first wave of COVID-19 vaccinations begin to be administered in the United States and abroad, many Black Americans have expressed trepidation about taking it - on the basis of a long history of medical misdoings, experimentation and deceit by the U.S. government. How do we overcome hundreds of years of mistrust and distrust in order to move forward?


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Carolyn Adams