For Anthony Anderson, it wasn't enough to take his mother and more than 20 family members and friends to get their Covid-19 vaccines. That was just a start for the actor who's been sharing the message, “Get your shots.” - NBCBLK
State and federal data indicate some progress toward vaccine parity. Since March, nearly every state reporting the race and ethnicity of vaccinated people has seen the Black share of the total vaccinated population inch toward the Black share of the general population, which is 13 percent.Anderson is aware of the data — and that Black people have disproportionately contracted the coronavirus, making his message an urgent calling in his mind.
And when a doctor friend, during a discussion about golf, told him he trusted the vaccine, any hesitation Anderson had eroded. “I think hearing our story is being received well,” he said. “I can only share my experience. I’m hoping people will say, ‘If he did it, maybe I will go do it, too.’” "For a time, no one was seeing anyone,” he said."We were confined to our own four walls. I told friends, out of self-preservation, 'You can’t come by my house. I love you, brother, but …'"
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