2. Former American Major League Baseball player Hank Aaron waits to be vaccinated
3. Hank Aaron receiving his COVID-19 vaccination
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Hank Aaron, Former American Major League Baseball player:
"Makes me feel wonderful. I don't have any qualms about it at all, you know. I feel quite proud of myself for doing something like this, you know. It's just a small thing that can help zillions of people in this country."
5. Aaron, left, and Louis Sullivan, former Health and Human Services Secretary, receiving their COVID-19 vaccinations
Baseball legend Hank Aaron, former UN Ambassador Andrew Young and former Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan got vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Morehouse School of Medicine 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 many Black people have toward medical research, stemming from the infamous Tuskeegee experiment that left Black men to suffer needlessly.
But people need to realize that this coronavirus vaccine is endorsed by the community's own experts and heroes, will do more harm than good, they said.
"Makes me feel wonderful. I don't have any qualms about it at all, you know. I feel quite proud of myself for doing something like this, you know. It's just a small thing that can help zillions of people in this country," told The AP after receiving his vaccination.
