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EPISODE · Mar 11, 2021 · 23 MIN

How Black health leaders took on COVID's impact on Black communities and vaccine hesitancy

from This Matters · host Toronto Star

Dr. Allen Upton talks to "This Matters" host Saba Eitizaz about how Black health leaders pushed for a grounbreaking pilot project to find out why COVID-19 was disproportionately impacting Black communities and what the research has revealed so far. He also talks about his work on the Black Scientists Task Force launched by the City of Toronto to address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and misconceptions. If you would like to support the journalism of the Toronto Star, you can subscribe at thestar.com/subscribingmatters.

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