Birmingham (United States) (AFP) – With a sizable Black minority traditionally mistrustful of vaccines and with many conservative rural whites convinced that the vaccine is more dangerous than Covid-19 itself, Southern US states like Alabama have some of the country’s lowest vaccination rates, leaving the disadvantaged region vulnerable to dangerous new virus variants. But some people are trying their best to change that.  With a small team and an energy level that belies the crushing Southern heat, county commissioner Sheila Tyson knocks on the doors of modest homes in Memorial Park, a mainly…

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