Dr Douglas Betts answers your concerns around the misunderstandings and misinformation about the Covid 19 vaccinations...



What Golden Careers Champions knows is…

• Ethnic minority people experience a much higher risk of COVID-19-related death, a stark inequality that impacts on all ethnic minority groups, including white minority groups such as Gypsies and Irish Travellers.

• Local authorities with higher proportions of ethnic minority residents are likely to have higher numbers of COVID-19-related deaths.

• These inequalities reflect increased risk of exposure to the virus because of where people live, the type of accommodation they live in, household size, the types of jobs they do and the means of transport they use to get to work.

• Ethnic inequalities in relation to COVID-19 mirror longstanding ethnic inequalities in health. A

large body of evidence has shown that these inequalities are driven by social and economic inequalities, many of which are the result of racial discrimination.

• Ethnic minorities are also at increased risk

of complications and mortality post COVID-19 infection; greater risk of serious illness with COVID-19 is more likely the result of pre-existing social and economic inequalities manifesting in the form of particular chronic illnesses. There

is no evidence for genetic or genetically related biological factors underlying this increased risk, including vitamin D deficiency.

There are marked ethnic inequalities in COVID-19-related deaths. A focus on these inequalities has been brought into sharp relief by growing public and government recognition that a disproportionate number of the NHS and care staff who were dying were from ethnic minority backgrounds. This concern was reinforced by academic studies clearly illustrating an increased risk of COVID-19-related mortality for ethnic minority groups (ONS, 2020; Platt and Warwick, 2020).

Our own analysis of Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows that the risk of COVID-19-related mortality in a local authority is strongly related to the proportion of the population who are from an ethnic minority group (Nazroo and Bécares, 2020).

Golden careers champions is proud to bring you our latest COVID-19 BROADCAST .

We were taken aback by this statistic ;

The Royal Society for Public Health found that 57% of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people said they would take a Covid vaccine.
This compares with 79% of white people…..so in our usual lockdown champions style, we’d like the authorities to answer your concerns!

We will hopefully bring a medical expert to help bust myths on vaccinations….

Beneficiaries in our project/ community say they are "apprehensive, anxious and reluctant" to be vaccinated against coronavirus.
The reason for this is mainly because of non-evidence based videos that are circulating [which] have been negative and against the vaccine.

Nadhim Zahawi MP, who is the minister responsible for Covid vaccine deployment, said he recognised "the importance of raising awareness of the myriad benefits of vaccination within BAME communities, who are known to be more at risk from Covid-19". He said:
"The NHS provides targeted advice and public information about the vaccination process to build awareness about its benefits,"

Golden careers champions is proud to bring you our latest COVID-19 BROADCAST .

We were taken aback by this statistic ;

The Royal Society for Public Health found that 57% of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people said they would take a Covid vaccine.
This compares with 79% of white people…..so in our usual lockdown champions style, we’d like the authorities to answer your concerns!

We will hopefully bring a medical expert to help bust myths on vaccinations….

Beneficiaries in our project/ community say they are "apprehensive, anxious and reluctant" to be vaccinated against coronavirus.
The reason for this is mainly because of non-evidence based videos that are circulating [which] have been negative and against the vaccine.

Nadhim Zahawi MP, who is the minister responsible for Covid vaccine deployment, said he recognised "the importance of raising awareness of the myriad benefits of vaccination within BAME communities, who are known to be more at risk from Covid-19". He said:
"The NHS provides targeted advice and public information about the vaccination process to build awareness about its benefits,"

Golden careers champions is proud to bring you our latest COVID-19 BROADCAST .

We were taken aback by this statistic ; '

The Royal Society for Public Health found that 57% of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people said they would take a Covid vaccine.
This compares with 79% of white people…..so in our usual lockdown champions style, we’d like the authorities to answer your concerns!

We will hopefully bring a medical expert to help bust myths on vaccinations….

Beneficiaries in our project/ community say they are "apprehensive, anxious and reluctant" to be vaccinated against coronavirus.
The reason for this is mainly because of non-evidence based videos that are circulating [which] have been negative and against the vaccine.

Nadhim Zahawi MP, who is the minister responsible for Covid vaccine deployment, said he recognised "the importance of raising awareness of the myriad benefits of vaccination within BAME communities, who are known to be more at risk from Covid-19". He said:
"The NHS provides targeted advice and public information about the vaccination process to build awareness about its benefits,"

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