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There is a grim history of poor medical ethics surrounding the treatment of African Americans that has resulted in feelings of distrust from some.
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/history/40-years-human-experimentation-america-tuskegee-study https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/history/40-years-human-exp...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2018/06/04/american-medicine-was-built-on-the-backs-of-slaves-and-it-still-affects-how-doctors-treat-patients-today/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2018/...
Additionally, medical debt is such a massive burden to many lower income households that there’s this additional layer of distrust, a feeling that you should steer clear of any medical establishment otherwise they’ll try to pin something on you and charge you mountains of money (even though the vaccine is free).