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US, THEY WANT TO DEMONSTRATE TO OTHERS. >> TWO THINGS ARE TRUE, AS RELATE TO OUR COUNTRY AND STATE, THIS RECORD HAS NOT BEEN STELLAR. MAGDALA: THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE AND THE TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE DID A SYPHILIS EXPERIMENT ON 600 LAKH MEN. A LITTLE MORE THAN HALF OF THEM WERE UNKNOWINGLY INFECTED WITH THE DISEASE. TODAY, THE QUICK DEVELOPMENT OF THE COVID- VACCINE HAS MANY PEOPLE OF COLOR SKEPTICAL. DR. KENNEDY IS ONE OF THE FIRST UAB DOCTORS TO GET THE VACCINE TODAY. >> AS A PERSON OF COLOR, I THINK ABOUT THE TUSKEGEE EXPERIMENT AND THAT WEIGHS ON ME. I’M SURE IT DOES ON ANOTHER BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE BUT I ALSO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO LEARN FROM THAT AND NOT KEEP THAT FROM YOU BEING ABLE TO DO YOUR RESEARCH. MAGDALA: DR. KENNEDY SAYS BEFORE TAKING THE VACCINE, SHE DID HER OWN RESEARCH. >> I WATCHED A COUPLE OF CDC WEBINARS. IT WAS THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF GETTING MORE DATA AND WHERE INFORMATION THAT I WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE DECISION TO GET THE VACCINE. MAGDALA: LAST WEEK, ANOTHER DOCTOR CALLED THE DATA PROFOUND. >> I WOULD BE MOST DELIGHTED IF THE PEOPLE OF COLOR, EVERYBODY, ACTUALLY LINED UP AND DEMONSTRATED THAT AS AMERICANS AND CITIZENS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, HE RECOGNIZED THAT THIS IS WHAT COULD CHANGE THE COURSE OF EVENTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. MAGDALA: A CHANGE OF COURSE LEADING TO A LIGHT