>> and get myself overwhelmed. >> reporter: single mom michelle perez worked retail for years. with her kids at home doing virtual school, she couldn't work the hours she used to. that's why she was laid off. >> my son was supposed to start kindergarten so i could actually go back to school and start working more. but here we are. i'm already struggling with trying to learn as much as i try. it's not working. >> reporter: so how are you getting by? >> my roommate, and so he is actually completely taking care of us for the most part through all of this. and, you know, that is very hard to kind of accept because i kind of feel like, you know, i'm not contributing to my family at all and then i'm putting him in this position that he also shouldn't be in. >> reporter: wom account for o-thirds of the job losses in retail. the economic implications, in stevenson's view? >> i think we are creating a system with worse inequality than we already have today. and we're already in a pretty unequal society. >> reporter: michelle perez and her kids have a long road ahead. >> this was suppose

michelle nichols from morehouse medical school and tonya perez fuentes, founder of the vaccine huntersof educators in maryland who help people in at-risk, underserved communities get vaccinated. good morning, ladies. thank you for being with me and dr. nichols, let me begin with you. you live in georgia, a state where african-americans make up nearly 33% of the population but only 11% have received a vaccine so far. and "the new york times" analysis shows african-americans make up a smaller percentage of the senior population than the general population in georgia. so it's head scratching as to why this is continuing to go on. you and the dean at the medical school at morehouse have been in the community working to set up vaccinations. from your perspective, what is the biggest cause of these lopsided numbers? >> so first of all, thank you for inviting me. the biggest cause is multifactorial. but there is a mistrust that has been going on for -- since slavery time, of what people are doing for people of color. and this goes back to the tuskegee study, different others. so one of the th