History of suspect treatment by the medical community passed down in stories from one generation to the next. Have left the belief that it is still going on and is ingrained in the system.
Your premise is wrong. Republicans are the people refusing vaccines. Raw data: https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/03/11/here-are-the-groups-who-dont-want-a-vaccine-and-trump-voters-are-near-top/?sh=1ee389fb4947 Top of the list of those refusing vaccine: "Republican men: 49%" Followed by Trump supporters: 47%. At the bottom, Biden supporters 10%
That's because many of them know they were used as Guinea pigs for experimental vaccines or treatments in the past and weren't told about them or were lied to. As you said, the Tuskeegee Syphillis experiment is a prime example of that happening. Some other examples include the Agent Orange study, irradiating black cancer patients during the Cold War to see how much radiation the human body could withstand, and medical experiments on slaves.
The side effects are uncertain but all signs point to minimal or nothing But at least grandma grandpa or your parents or those with underlying conditions will be around in 5-10 years.
The side effects are that there will be a chance we can stomp out covid and not have to deal with this shlt while we are also dealing with the next pandemic too.
A tested vaccine is not the same as a horrific experiment conducted without the knowledge of those people being experimented on.
Black people are less trusting of the govt because of Tuskegee and government distrust in general.
This is a stupid question that tries to draw a connection between side effects of a tested vaccine with the entire world involved and a poorly conducted experiment that seemed more designed to torture the people unknowingly tested on than gather data.