Black Americans are twice as likely to die from COVID as white Americans. Despite this, polls show that African-Americans are less interested in receiving the vaccine than other groups. But for people of color who do want the vaccine, inequities in U.S. healthcare are making access to vaccines more difficult. 

Dr. Celine Gounder is the host of EPIDEMIC, a podcast about the science and public health of the coronavirus pandemic. In this excerpt from the podcast, we paint a fuller picture of the African American experience with vaccines and public health by looking at a recent experiment that was conducted without the consent of its subjects.

Listen to the full-length episode here:

https://www.justhumanproductions.org/podcasts/s1e68-medical-racism-past-and-present-vanessa-gamble-harriet-washington-rueben-warren

You can listen to full episodes of EPIDEMIC with Dr. Celine Gounder, wherever you get your podcasts.