A letter to Black America for those who do not want the COVID-19 vaccine

<p>"As a Black physician, I urge you to consider taking the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available to you. Vaccines save lives. Preventing poor outcomes, as in death, is an exciting effect of this vaccine.  I will be first in line when it is offered to me, and I hope to see you in line next to me. Masked up, of course."</p> <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/erkedaderouenmd/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Erkeda DeRouen</a> is a family physician and can be reached at her self-titled site, <a href="https://www.drerkeda.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener nofollow noreferrer">Dr Erkeda DeRouen</a>.</p> <p>She shares her story and discusses her KevinMD article, "<a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2020/12/a-letter-to-black-america-for-those-who-do-not-want-to-take-the-covid-19-vaccine.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">A letter to Black America for those who do not want to take the COVID-19 vaccine</a>." (<a href= "https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2020/12/a-letter-to-black-america-for-those-who-do-not-want-to-take-the-covid-19-vaccine.html">https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2020/12/a-letter-to-black-america-for-those-who-do-not-want-to-take-the-covid-19-vaccine.html</a>)</p>