People of color are petrified of the vaccine due to the Tuskegee incident. Knowing people of color worked to develop the vaccine may help with its distribution.
I really do not have a problem with him saying this.
Serious? That was almost a hundred years ago.
In any case, if that’s what it takes to be excused from taking the vaccination, I now identify as a Tuskegee incident survivor, extremely dark skinned person of color.