Rural community reflects Black American unease, challenges with COVID-19 vaccines

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Rural community reflects Black American unease, challenges with COVID-19 vaccines

nevodka/iStockBy KIARA BRANTLEY-JONES, ABC News(TUSKEGEE, Ala.) -- "If [the vaccine] came out today, I would not take it," said Lonzo Bullie, a retired school principal who has called Tuskegee, Alabama, home for 26 years. "I'm still reluctant … ...

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