Former Mayor of Tuskegee on Overcoming Vaccine Inequality

See why the former mayor of Tuskegee is getting the COVID-19 vaccine after a long history of medical mistrust in the African American community. This is episode 1 of Walgreens The Vaccine, In Our Words series about the COVID-19 vaccine in our communities. Johnny Ford first became mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1972, the year news broke of the notorious Tuskegee Experiment that would shatter Black trust in the medical establishment for generations. Despite this tragic legacy, Mayor Ford says, with trusted Black scientists and doctors leading this vaccination effort, no one should use what happened in Tuskegee as a reason not to get vaccinated now.