Watch: UVA Doctor Talks About the State of the Pandemic and Health Equity

Click here for a transcript of the interview.

Just as covid-19 vaccines were rolling out, Dr. Taison Bell spoke with KHN about why Black Americans were getting vaccinated at lower rates than white Americans were. More than a year later, we checked in with Bell, an assistant professor of medicine and an intensive care unit doctor at the University of Virginia, about the state of the pandemic and changes that have occurred in the health equity conversation since then.

This video is part of KHN’s new “Spotlight” interview series, which aims to amplify the voices of health experts, patients, and really anyone interacting with the U.S. health care system.

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<h1>Watch: UVA Doctor Talks About the State of the Pandemic and Health Equity </h1>
<div>	<span class="byline">Hannah Norman, KFF Health News</span>
		<time class="posted-on" datetime="2022-05-26T05:00:00-04:00">
			May 26, 2022		</time>
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<p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/Transcript_Spotlight_-Taison-Bell.pdf"><em>Click here for a transcript of the interview.</em></a></p><p>Just as covid-19 vaccines were rolling out, Dr. Taison Bell <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/black-americans-are-getting-vaccinated-at-lower-rates-than-white-americans/">spoke with KHN</a> about why Black Americans were getting vaccinated at lower rates than white Americans were. More than a year later, we checked in with Bell, an assistant professor of medicine and an intensive care unit doctor at the University of Virginia, about the state of the pandemic and changes that have occurred in the health equity conversation since then. </p><p>This video is part of KHN’s new “Spotlight” interview series, which aims to amplify the voices of health experts, patients, and really anyone interacting with the U.S. health care system. </p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/watch-uva-doctor-talks-about-the-state-of-the-pandemic-and-health-equity/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/watch-uva-doctor-talks-about-the-state-of-the-pandemic-and-health-equity/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/watch-uva-doctor-talks-about-the-state-of-the-pandemic-and-health-equity/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Watch%3A%20UVA%20Doctor%20Talks%20About%20the%20State%20of%20the%20Pandemic%20and%20Health%20Equity%C2%A0&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FMTUwMTcyMw&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/watch-uva-doctor-talks-about-the-state-of-the-pandemic-and-health-equity/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/watch-uva-doctor-talks-about-the-state-of-the-pandemic-and-health-equity/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/watch-uva-doctor-talks-about-the-state-of-the-pandemic-and-health-equity/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=1501723&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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