Vaccine Outreach Targets Minority Communities

As states and medical centers roll out COVID-19 vaccines, many are highlighting recipients from a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds to build trust. This is in part due to vaccine hesitancy, especially in Black communities where a history of medical testing without consent and inadequate access to health care has built distrust. A recent study by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds only 20 percent of Black Americans and 26 percent of Hispanic Americans said they’d get a vaccine “as soon as possible.”