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More Black Americans open to vaccines after outreach efforts

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Like others in her family, Mattie Pringle had doubts about taking the coronavirus vaccine.The 57-year-old Black woman from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, feared that her high blood pressure and diabetes might heighten her chances of a severe reaction to the shot. The speedy development and approval of the vaccines also fed her skepticism.Then a member of Pringle’s church, a local NAACP leader who has led a vaccination campaign

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Yahoo News

More Black Americans open to vaccines after outreach efforts

Like others in her family, Mattie Pringle had doubts about taking the coronavirus vaccine. The 57-year-old Black woman from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, feared that her high blood pressure and diabetes might heighten her chances of a severe reaction to the shot. The speedy development and approval of the vaccines also fed her skepticism.

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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More Black Americans open to vaccines after outreach efforts

Like others in her family, Mattie Pringle had doubts about taking the coronavirus vaccine.

3 years ago·Canada

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More Black Americans open to vaccines after outreach efforts

Like others in her family, Mattie Pringle had doubts about taking the coronavirus vaccine. The 57-year-old Black woman from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, feared that her high blood pressure...

3 years ago·United States

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More Black Americans open to vaccines after outreach efforts

More Black Americans say they are open to taking the coronavirus vaccine

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The Latest: AP poll: More Black Americans open to vaccine

By The Associated PressMYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — More Black Americans say they are open to taking the coronavirus vaccine.A poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research in late March found about 24% of Black American adults say they will probably or definitely not get vaccinated. That’s down from 41% in January.The executive director of the American Public Health Association,Dr. Georges Benjamin, says attitudes toward the vacc…

3 years ago·San Jose, United States

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