Addressing Justified Vaccine Hesitancy in the Black Community

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a terrible and long-lasting impact on the world. As the infection spreads, the projected mortality and economic devastation are unprecedented. Racism and its subsequent effects on social and economic factors have resulted in the virus dispropo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Laurencin, Cato T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2021
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Perspective Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8009077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33783755
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40615-021-01025-4
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Sumario:The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a terrible and long-lasting impact on the world. As the infection spreads, the projected mortality and economic devastation are unprecedented. Racism and its subsequent effects on social and economic factors have resulted in the virus disproportionally effecting Black people. Given that the virus has hit the Black community the hardest, I am concerned now that vaccine hesitancy may perpetuate the health disparities that we are currently seeing in the numbers of infections and deaths taking place in the Black community.

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