TAKOMA PARK, Md. – In front of baskets of tomatoes and peppers, near a sizzling burrito grill, the “promotoras” stop masked shoppers at a busy Latino farmers market: Want to test a COVID-19 vaccine?Aided by Spanish-speaking “health promoters” and Black pastors, a stepped-up effort is underway around the U.S.
to recruit minorities to ensure potential vaccines against the scourge are tested in the populations most ravaged by the virus.Many thousands of volunteers from minority groups are needed for huge clinical trials underway or about to begin.