Some of the descendants of victims of what many know as the Tuskegee Experiment are speaking out and encouraging others to trust the medical experts and get vaccinated.

FILE - Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker gestures during a baseball practice at Minute Maid Park in Houston, in this Saturday, July 4, 2020, file photo. Astros manager Dusty Baker said he had been vaccinated against COVID-19 as the team began spring training Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)HOUSTON – Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker said he had been vaccinated against COVID-19 as the team began spring training Thursday. But the 71-year-old Baker, who is Black, understands the reticence of some in his community to get the vaccine because of this country’s history with medical studies on Black people without permission. Though Baker decided getting the vaccine was right for him, he won’t try to change the mind of people who are “staunchly against” getting it.