BIG CHALLENGE IN DEVELOPING A VACCINE, GETTING ENOUGH PEOPLE
DEVELOPING A VACCINE, GETTING ENOUGH PEOPLE OF COLOR TO
GETTING ENOUGH PEOPLE OF COLOR TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
OF COLOR TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRIALS.
PARTICIPATE IN THE TRIALS. RON ALLEN HAS MORE.
TRIALS. RON ALLEN HAS MORE. >> Reporter: WHILE
RON ALLEN HAS MORE. >> Reporter: WHILE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
>> Reporter: WHILE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR HAVE BEEN HARDEST HIT
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR HAVE BEEN HARDEST HIT BY THE PANDEMIC, MANY
HAVE BEEN HARDEST HIT BY THE PANDEMIC, MANY REMAIN RELUCTANT TO
BY THE PANDEMIC, MANY REMAIN RELUCTANT TO PARTICIPATE.
REMAIN RELUCTANT TO PARTICIPATE. 40,000 MINORITIES.
PARTICIPATE. 40,000 MINORITIES. >> THE ONLY WAY WE’RE
40,000 MINORITIES. >> THE ONLY WAY WE’RE GOING TO BRING ABOUT
>> THE ONLY WAY WE’RE GOING TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE, ESPECIALLY IN
GOING TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE, ESPECIALLY IN OUR DISPARITIES, IS
CHANGE, ESPECIALLY IN OUR DISPARITIES, IS THAT WE HAVE TO GET
OUR DISPARITIES, IS THAT WE HAVE TO GET INVOLVED.
THAT WE HAVE TO GET INVOLVED. >> Reporter: LILY IS
INVOLVED. >> Reporter: LILY IS URGING PARTICIPATION
>> Reporter: LILY IS URGING PARTICIPATION BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDS
URGING PARTICIPATION BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDS THE HESITATION.
BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDS THE HESITATION. HER FATHER FRED WAS
THE HESITATION. HER FATHER FRED WAS AMONG THE 600 BLACK
HER FATHER FRED WAS AMONG THE 600 BLACK MEN EXPERIMENTED ON
AMONG THE 600 BLACK MEN EXPERIMENTED ON THE INFAMOUS TUS KEY
MEN EXPERIMENTED ON THE INFAMOUS TUS KEY GEE SIF LUS STUDIED.
THE INFAMOUS TUS KEY GEE SIF LUS STUDIED. THEY STUDIED HOW THE
GEE SIF LUS STUDIED. THEY STUDIED HOW THE DISEASE RAN WHEN LEFT
THEY STUDIED HOW THE DISEASE RAN WHEN LEFT UNTREATED.
DISEASE RAN WHEN LEFT UNTREATED. >> THEY WERE NOT TOLD
UNTREATED. >> THEY WERE NOT TOLD THEY HAD SIF LUS.
>> THEY WERE NOT TOLD THEY HAD SIF LUS. AND WHEN PENICILLIN
THEY HAD SIF LUS. AND WHEN PENICILLIN CAME OUT, THEY WERE
AND WHEN PENICILLIN CAME OUT, THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO GET THE
CAME OUT, THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO GET THE PENICILLIN.
NOT ALLOWED TO GET THE PENICILLIN. >> Reporter: AFTER AN
PENICILLIN. >> Reporter: AFTER AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
>> Reporter: AFTER AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT REVEALED THE TRUTH,
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT REVEALED THE TRUTH, FINALLY AN APOLOGY.
REVEALED THE TRUTH, FINALLY AN APOLOGY. >> WHAT THE UNITED
FINALLY AN APOLOGY. >> WHAT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DID
>> WHAT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DID WAS SHAMEFUL, AND I AM
STATES GOVERNMENT DID WAS SHAMEFUL, AND I AM SORRY.
WAS SHAMEFUL, AND I AM SORRY. >> Reporter: DR.
SORRY. >> Reporter: DR. ANTHONY FAUCI ADMITS
>> Reporter: DR. ANTHONY FAUCI ADMITS THE U.S. STILL HAS
ANTHONY FAUCI ADMITS THE U.S. STILL HAS WORK TO DO TO EARN
THE U.S. STILL HAS WORK TO DO TO EARN TRUST.
WORK TO DO TO EARN TRUST. >> IF YOU DON’T HAVE
TRUST. >> IF YOU DON’T HAVE THEM REPRESENTED IN
>> IF YOU DON’T HAVE THEM REPRESENTED IN THE CLINICAL TRIAL,
THEM REPRESENTED IN THE CLINICAL TRIAL, THEN YOU WILL NOT HAVE
THE CLINICAL TRIAL, THEN YOU WILL NOT HAVE DEFINITIVELY PROVEN
THEN YOU WILL NOT HAVE DEFINITIVELY PROVEN THE VACCINE IS SAFE
DEFINITIVELY PROVEN THE VACCINE IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE IN THEM.
THE VACCINE IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE IN THEM. >> Reporter: DON BAKER
AND EFFECTIVE IN THEM. >> Reporter: DON BAKER STEPPED UP IN A PHASE
>> Reporter: DON BAKER STEPPED UP IN A PHASE THREE TRIAL IN THE
STEPPED UP IN A PHASE THREE TRIAL IN THE U.S.
THREE TRIAL IN THE U.S. SHE’S GOTTEN PRAISE
U.S. SHE’S GOTTEN PRAISE AND BACKLASH ON SOCIAL
SHE’S GOTTEN PRAISE AND BACKLASH ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND BACKLASH ON SOCIAL MEDIA. >> ONE COMMENT WAS
MEDIA. >> ONE COMMENT WAS THIS SISTER ISN’T WOKE
>> ONE COMMENT WAS THIS SISTER ISN’T WOKE BECAUSE SHE’S WORKED
THIS SISTER ISN’T WOKE BECAUSE SHE’S WORKED FOR WHITE PEOPLE TOO
BECAUSE SHE’S WORKED FOR WHITE PEOPLE TOO LONG.
FOR WHITE PEOPLE TOO LONG. SHE DOESN’T KNOW THEY
LONG. SHE DOESN’T KNOW THEY WILL TRY TO KILL HER.
SHE DOESN’T KNOW THEY WILL TRY TO KILL HER. >> Reporter: ARE YOU
WILL TRY TO KILL HER. >> Reporter: ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT THESE
>> Reporter: ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT THESE STUDY GROUPS WILL LOOK
CONFIDENT THAT THESE STUDY GROUPS WILL LOOK LIKE THE POPULATION
STUDY GROUPS WILL LOOK LIKE THE POPULATION THAT’S BEING HARDEST
LIKE THE POPULATION THAT’S BEING HARDEST HIT BY THE PANDEMIC?
THAT’S BEING HARDEST HIT BY THE PANDEMIC? >> YOU KNOW, I HOPE
HIT BY THE PANDEMIC? >> YOU KNOW, I HOPE SO.
>> YOU KNOW, I HOPE SO. WE ARE TRYING VERY
SO. WE ARE TRYING VERY HARD TO MAKE THAT A
WE ARE TRYING VERY HARD TO MAKE THAT A REALITY.
HARD TO MAKE THAT A REALITY. >> Reporter:
REALITY. >> Reporter: RESEARCHERS STRUGGLING
