African Americans are hard hit by COVID-19, but in some Texas cities, it's not easy to get a test in minority neighborhoods. An effort by local churches aims to fix this.
But Haynes says many black people don't necessarily trust official channels, due to past abuses by the medical industry.
"He didn't require the test but he recommended it if we could get one," she says."And for my own piece of mind, I was like, 'ok, yeah, I'll do that.' But then I couldn't figure out even where to go." Then a friend suggested Pope use a service that comes to your home to do the test but charges the patient directly rather than the insurance company.Pope and her husband got three tests in all — the diagnostic test her surgeon had recommended, and two antibody tests, which can indicate if you've been infected with the coronavirus in the past.
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