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People of color shouldn’t be treated equally in COVID-19 vaccine trials, ER doctor says: They should be over-represented – MarketWatch
Ensuring that there’s a diverse group of participants is ‘a bottom line issue’ for investors, the emergency room physician says
This interview is part of a series of conversations MarketWatch is conducting with some of the leading voices in the U.S. on the COVID-19 pandemic.Dr. Esther Choo, an emergency room physician who studies racism and sexism in medicine, says there should be a disproportionate representation of people of color in the COVID-19 vaccine studies. BioNTech SE
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