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How researchers recruit Blacks for COVID-19 vaccine trials
Clip: 10/9/2020 | 3m 55sVideo has Closed Captions
Nationally, recruitment of minorities for clinical trials is a struggle.
Researchers say it's a struggle because of the history of experimenting on and exploiting African Americans. One Black doctor lost her research scientist father to the virus, and says if minorities don't participate in clinical trials it would be hard to know the vaccine works on everybody.
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How researchers recruit Blacks for COVID-19 vaccine trials
Clip: 10/9/2020 | 3m 55sVideo has Closed Captions
Researchers say it's a struggle because of the history of experimenting on and exploiting African Americans. One Black doctor lost her research scientist father to the virus, and says if minorities don't participate in clinical trials it would be hard to know the vaccine works on everybody.
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