Before receiving the vaccine, Blakey says he had concerns that stemmed from the Tuskegee syphilis trials conducted between 1932 and 1972, but his fears were eased after calls with the UVA Health medical professionals who had received the vaccine. “I was privy to some Zoom calls with some UVA doctors,” he said “Dr. Ebony [Hilton] in correlation with the NAACP, they are trying to get a PSA out there to reduce the fears of the Black community and in that Zoom video conference she pretty much put my fears at ease.”