Baseball legend Hank Aaron receives COVID-19 vaccine

Baseball legend Hank Aaron, former UN Ambassador Andrew Young and former US Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan were vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday, hoping to send a message to Black Americans that the shots are safe.

Rolling up their sleeves to take the first of two doses of the Moderna vaccine, these and other civil rights leaders visiting a brand-new Morehouse health clinic acknowledged the legacy of mistrust some in the Black community have towards medical research. Aaron, a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and Major League Baseball's former all-time career home run leader, said he felt proud to serve as an example for others by taking the vaccine. 

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