Topic: Coronavirus Vaccine

Media mogul Tyler Perry partnered with BET and Viacom CBS for a television special aimed at raising COVID-19 vaccine awareness among Black Americans. The segment analyzes a clip of Perry receiving the vaccine at Grady Health System and questions the use of Run DMC's "Walk This Way" as a subliminal tool for compliance. The hosts express skepticism regarding the reported "one in three" vaccine hesitancy statistic cited by Gayle King.

The World Health Organization (WHO) condemned suggestions by French scientists Jean-Paul Mira and Camille Locht to test coronavirus vaccines in Africa. WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus labeled the remarks racist and a hangover from a colonial mentality. The scientists later apologized, claiming their comparison of vaccine trials to AIDS studies on prostitutes was misunderstood.