COVID-19 has been devastating to the black community. More than half of the in-hospital deaths due to cover -19 are African Americans. Most recently, the FDA granted emergency approval for the COVID 19 vaccine. To date 2.8 million people have been vaccinated.
According to a recent kaiser family foundation survey, only 50% of black Americans compared with 65% of white Americans would definitely or probably get the COVID -19 vaccine. Hesitancy to consider vaccination is attributed to historic injustices and ongoing systemic racism that has eroded the trust in communities of color.
Getting the COVID-19 vaccine is your choice. We hope that you can make a well informed decision after listening to this episode.