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 "I'm urging everyone to get the vaccine when it is your turn. I've
taken the vaccine," said Harris, the first Black American to serve
as vice president, in clips from a conversation with actor and
producer Michael B. Jordan broadcast ahead of the game.
"It's about understanding that it's bigger than you. It really is an
extension of love thy neighbor and it will save their life," said
Harris.
Harris has been making similar appeals to Black Americans in recent
weeks, in response to distrust in vaccines.
A Reuters poll in December found 49% of Black Americans said they
would be interested in taking the COVID-19 vaccine, compared to 63%
of white Americans.
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 Experts say that can be traced
to decades of unequal healthcare access and
treatment, under-representation in clinical
trials and a history of medical horror stories,
such as the infamous "Tuskegee Study" that left
African-American men with syphilis untreated
without their knowledge to observe the course of
the disease.
(Reporting by Simon Lewis; Editing by
Christopher Cushing)
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