Despite persistent pushback against the COVID vaccine across all racial and ethnic backgrounds, Black Americans are often pegged as the group least interested in getting vaccinated.

Dr. Celine Gounder is the host of EPIDEMIC, a podcast about the public health and science of the coronavirus pandemic. In this excerpt from the podcast she speaks to Dr. Rhea Boyd, a pediatrician and public health advocate who presented data challenging the myth that Black people are not interested in vaccines. Here’s Dr. Gounder

Listen to the full-length episode here:

https://www.justhumanproductions.org/podcasts/s1e69-between-us-for-us-black-healthcare-workers-speak-out-about-vaccine-safety-jessica-anne-mitchell-aiwuyor-rhea-boyd-sandra-lindsay-tierra-rich

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