Black community leaders combat distrust in COVID vaccine
A vial of COVID-19 vaccine sits near a handful of syringes at the Shelby County Health Department's first responder vaccination site Jan. 3, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
A fraught relationship between African Americans and the medical community has meant an uphill battle in building trust for the COVID-19 vaccine, but there are those in the community working to bridge that gap.
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Daja E. Henry is originally from New Orleans, Louisiana. She is a graduate of Howard University and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University and currently is a general assignment reporter.
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