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By Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media | The Sacramento Observer<\/p>\n

As the COVID-19 pandemic lingers on with Black Californians still lagging behind on getting fully vaccinated, leaders in the state, including Gov. Newsom, are taking steps to push more people to get the shot. It is the most effective way, public health experts say, we will end the global public health crisis.<\/p>\n

Across California\u2019s 58 counties, about 60% of the state\u2019s population has been fully vaccinated. Black people account for about 5.8% of California\u2019s population and 4% of those who have been vaccinated.<\/p>\n

To help slow the spread of COVID-19, Newsom signed an executive order late last month to extend telehealth services. Then, last week, the governor also made vaccines mandatory for all students at public and private schools.<\/p>\n

California\u2019s school vaccination mandate will take effect for students enrolled in grades 7 through 12 one semester after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the vaccine for children 12 and older. The mandate will also apply to children under 12 after a vaccine is approved for that age group.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe state already requires that students are vaccinated against viruses that cause measles, mumps, and rubella \u2013 there\u2019s no reason why we wouldn\u2019t do the same for COVID-19. Today\u2019s measure, just like our first-in-the-nation school masking and staff vaccination requirements, is about protecting our children and school staff, and keeping them in the classroom,\u201d Newsom said. \u201cVaccines work.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s why California leads the country in preventing school closures and has the lowest case rates. We encourage other states to follow our lead to keep our kids safe and prevent the spread of COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last month, Black educators from around the state met at the Reef Restaurant in Long Beach. One of their items on their agenda was getting to the bottom of why some Black Californians remain reluctant to get the COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n

The event, themed \u201cVaccine Hesitancy: Understanding the Science and Getting people to Trust It,\u201d was a presentation held during a meeting co-hosted by the California Association of African American Superintendents and Administrators (CAASA), along with along with the Los Angeles County Alliance of Black School Educators and the National Coalition.<\/p>\n

In the process, participants said they wanted to provide some historical context.<\/p>\n

Lillie Tyson Head, daughter of a survivor of the United States Public Health Service Syphilis Study in Tuskegee, talked about the far-reaching damage caused by the controversial and unethical research project.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe men were told that they had \u2018bad blood\u2019 and that they would receive treatment,\u201d Head said. \u201cThey were never told they were in a study and the intent of the study.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said the federal government study fostered distrust among African Americans of the health care system.<\/p>\n

\u201cForty-nine years after the study was exposed and 89 years after the study began, people, particularly in the African American communities, distrust certain medical treatment and medical research. And they are using this study as reasons for hesitating getting vaccinated or refusing to get vaccinated at all,\u201d Head said.<\/p>\n

Dr. Oliver Brooks, Chief Medical Officer at the Watts Healthcare Center, said there are built-in biases in the medical system that contribute to African American skepticism.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are studies showing that African Americans are less likely to get cardiac studies and procedures, stents versus just medication. They get less treatment for pain when they come in with sickle cell and other injuries like femur fractures,\u201d he said., \u201cThe mistrust with the medical system is valid. It is a decision based on primarily mistrust of the vaccine and mistrust with the healthcare system.\u201d<\/p>\n

Head also encouraged people to get vaccinated although she acknowledged that she understood why some Black people remain hesitant.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow fortunate and blessed we are to know about the types of COVID vaccines that are available today,\u201d Head said. \u201cWhy then should we deny ourselves getting vaccinated? We all have the opportunity to be informed, receive advice from professionals we trust and understand how we can protect ourselves by getting vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n

California Black Media\u2019s coverage of COVID-19 is supported by the California Health Care Foundation.<\/p>\n

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