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A recent poll showed that “22% of white and Latino respondents and 42% of Black respondents said they agreed with this statement:
“The coronavirus is being used to force a dangerous and unnecessary vaccine on Americans.”” #COVID19 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/health/coronavirus-anti-vaccine.html
“The coronavirus is being used to force a dangerous and unnecessary vaccine on Americans.”” #COVID19 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/health/coronavirus-anti-vaccine.html
“Distrust of it is particularly pronounced in African-American communities, which have been disproportionately devastated by the virus.”
They should have written by “*racism* and the virus”.
They should have written by “*racism* and the virus”.
“The researchers noted that although billions of federal dollars were pouring into biomedical research for a vaccine, there seemed to be *virtually no funding* set aside for social scientists to investigate hesitancy around vaccines.”/3
“Focus groups to help pinpoint the most effective messaging to counter opposition (to a #COVID19 vaccine)...should get underway immediately.”/4
“The overarching recommendation is that public health agencies should listen to community concerns early in the process, rather than issuing them directives from on high after the fact.”/5
“They should seek out trusted community leaders to convey people’s uncertainties around research transparency, access, allocation and cost.“/6
“Those representatives could, in turn, become respected purveyors of updates, to combat what the calls the “infodemic” of vaccine misinformation.”/7
“The strongest recommendations were about communities of color.
The authors urged that ( #COVID19) vaccines be provided for free and made available at easy access neighborhood locales: churches, pharmacies, barbershops, schools.”/8
The authors urged that ( #COVID19) vaccines be provided for free and made available at easy access neighborhood locales: churches, pharmacies, barbershops, schools.”/8
“If poorly designed and executed, a Covid-19 vaccination campaign in the U.S. could undermine the increasingly tenuous belief in vaccines and the public health authorities that recommend them — especially among people most at risk of Covid-19 impacts.”/9
@michelle_caunca - some what we’ve been discussing.
