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Mobilizing Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson Shots in Rural Black Communities

A recent New York Times story highlights the efforts of Black organizers, entrepreneurs and medical professionals in getting rural Black people in the Deep South vaccinated.

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Donney Rose
Mar 29, 2021
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Today it is March 29, 2021, and I have not received the COVID-19 vaccination. My unpunctured arms are not by choice, as I am someone that lives with pre-existing health conditions that are a lethal cocktail when combined with the coronavirus. I just have not gotten the green light as of yet to…

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