Alert on Racial Discrimination in COVID‑19 Vaccination

Masoud Mohammadi

Abstract


Dear Editor, COVID‑19 is a disease that started in late 2019 and after more than a year, according to the World Health Organization, there are more than 225 million confirmed cases and more than 4 million deaths in the world. This disease continues to take victims and the only solution to control it is vaccination.

Keywords


COVID‑19; Racial Discrimination; Vaccination

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