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"Martin, 53, Trina, 49, and their teenagers -- all unvaccinated -- contracted COVID-19 in June, the family said.
Cornelius Daniel said his aunt and uncle were hesitant to get vaccinated in part due to the legacy of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, which charted syphilis progression in unknowing Black men from the 1930s to the 1970s.
Martin Daniel had "a stubborn attitude toward vaccines in general," Cornelius said.
"He trusted the vaccines that had been around for awhile," like for polio, but felt the COVID-19 vaccines were developed too quickly, Cornelius said. (The quick COVID-19 vaccine development was possible because of decades of prior scientific studies demonstrating safety, as well as an unprecedented multibillion-dollar commitment by the federal government to accelerate research.)
The Daniels eventually came around to the idea and were scheduled to get the vaccine in mid-July -- the week after they died, their nephew said. The Daniels' symptoms hit at the end of June and quickly "spiraled out of control" around July 4."
Always interesting when some reality enters into the bubble. I guess its finally time to start caring about the group with the lowest vaccination rate.
"Martin, 53, Trina, 49, and their teenagers -- all unvaccinated -- contracted COVID-19 in June, the family said.
Cornelius Daniel said his aunt and uncle were hesitant to get vaccinated in part due to the legacy of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, which charted syphilis progression in unknowing Black men from the 1930s to the 1970s.
Martin Daniel had "a stubborn attitude toward vaccines in general," Cornelius said.
"He trusted the vaccines that had been around for awhile," like for polio, but felt the COVID-19 vaccines were developed too quickly, Cornelius said. (The quick COVID-19 vaccine development was possible because of decades of prior scientific studies demonstrating safety, as well as an unprecedented multibillion-dollar commitment by the federal government to accelerate research.)
The Daniels eventually came around to the idea and were scheduled to get the vaccine in mid-July -- the week after they died, their nephew said. The Daniels' symptoms hit at the end of June and quickly "spiraled out of control" around July 4."
Always interesting when some reality enters into the bubble. I guess its finally time to start caring about the group with the lowest vaccination rate.
