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Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price Gets COVID Vaccine, Encourages Minorities To Sign Up

Commissioner Price is going public to dispel and dismiss some of the misinformation and conspiracy theories surrounding the issue.

(CBS News)

March 1, 2021

DALLAS (CBSDFW) – The longest serving elected leader in Dallas County, Commissioner John Wiley Price will take the COVID-19 vaccine to encourage others in the Black community to do the same.

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Commissioner Price is going public, he said, to dispel and dismiss some of the misinformation and conspiracy theories surrounding the issue.

“Too many people in our community refuse the treatment based on an erroneous belief about the infamous Tuskegee experiment. This virus and its emerging variants are too dangerous for a demographic that is already vastly underserved in terms of healthcare delivery,” said Price.

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