Leading by Example: Why I Took the Vaccine

Linda Burke, MD, MS, FACOG, receiving 1st does of Moderna vaccine

Black people’s mistrust of the U.S. healthcare industry runs deep and requires little explanation. The Tuskegee experiments. Henrietta Lacks. Dr. J. Marion Sims are some examples and I do not think I have to further explain. Quite honestly, I, at times, have trust issues too, but taking the COVID-19 vaccine is not one of them.