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Data strategies and education Embrey remembers the first time she heard an official statement addressing the importance of diversity in clinical trials . " In July 2020 , the Food and Drug Administration hinted that they were going to slow down the vaccine trials . They said that based on the initial recruitment data which was from a largely white population , they were concerned about really understanding the long term effects of the vaccine without a more diverse representation . They didn ' t directly say they were stopping these trials , but said they were a little disappointed with the numbers , and there needs to be better representation ."
As well as a data-driven strategy , Embrey says there is work to be done within communities to dispel distrust and vaccine hesitancy . " I live in a very traditionally Black and Latin community in Los Angeles . What I found very interesting in the last couple of months is that I get one or two text messages a day encouraging me to get my vaccine at a local clinic or park , and I ' ve had my city representative come to my door to ask me if I ' ve had the vaccine . When I talk to my friends and family that live in less diverse areas of Los Angeles , that outreach isn ' t occurring ."
" I take a lot of pride in the fact that there ' s a lot of outreach in the community , trying to make those relationships stronger . Because I do think it will help in the future when we don ' t need to move at the speed of light like we had to with this pandemic . We can actually work with people to build a collaborative , datadriven effort to recruit all types of people , so we can all understand and trust the vaccines ." healthcareglobal . com 123