Ammara Mushtaq, MD, discusses the underrepresentation of different races during the pandemic, but also the newer efforts to include and represent these communities in smaller, local studies.
One of the shortcomings for COVID-19 vaccine trials during the pandemic was the lack of diversity across trials. This shortcoming didn’t give a true representation in studies so that a real understanding of the efficacy and safety for this investigational immunizations across different races and ethnicities could be demonstrated.
Ammara Mushtaq, MD, principal investigator and medical director at Brooklyn Clinical Research points out some mistrust in certain communities because of long-standing racism and people’s historical treatment in studies…