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| Covid-19 vaccination should be framed as ‘racial inequality issue’ to convince minorities to take jab, doctor tells Hancock | Covid-19 vaccination should be framed as ‘racial inequality issue’ to convince minorities to take jab, doctor tells Hancock |
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| The government should promote the Covid-19 vaccine to skeptical minorities through the lens of racial ‘health inequalities,’ a doctor has told UK Health Minister Matt Hancock. | The government should promote the Covid-19 vaccine to skeptical minorities through the lens of racial ‘health inequalities,’ a doctor has told UK Health Minister Matt Hancock. |
| In a video published by the Department of Health and Social Care, Hancock asked Dr Charles Esene, chairman of Afro GP Herts & Beds, what he would say to someone who came to his clinic and said they were “worried” about being vaccinated. | In a video published by the Department of Health and Social Care, Hancock asked Dr Charles Esene, chairman of Afro GP Herts & Beds, what he would say to someone who came to his clinic and said they were “worried” about being vaccinated. |
| “It depends on the race,” replied Esene, explaining that if “the person is an ethnic minority, then of course you have a conversation about the existing health inequalities” and the impact of Covid-19 on the black community. | “It depends on the race,” replied Esene, explaining that if “the person is an ethnic minority, then of course you have a conversation about the existing health inequalities” and the impact of Covid-19 on the black community. |
| Esene also said the government should make minorities “understand that this is also trying to move the black community away from being the hard-to-reach, underserved community” and that “this is the beginning of the conversation about addressing the wider health inequalities in society.” | Esene also said the government should make minorities “understand that this is also trying to move the black community away from being the hard-to-reach, underserved community” and that “this is the beginning of the conversation about addressing the wider health inequalities in society.” |
| Studies have found that minorities in the UK are more likely on average to be skeptical of vaccination against Covid-19, with one British Medical Journal (BMJ) report published in February showing that just 20.5% of black people over the age of 80 had taken the vaccine versus 42.5% of white people in the same age category. | Studies have found that minorities in the UK are more likely on average to be skeptical of vaccination against Covid-19, with one British Medical Journal (BMJ) report published in February showing that just 20.5% of black people over the age of 80 had taken the vaccine versus 42.5% of white people in the same age category. |
| The Royal College of GPs has also reported that white people are twice as likely to get vaccinated than black people. | The Royal College of GPs has also reported that white people are twice as likely to get vaccinated than black people. |
| Aside from general concerns about vaccine side effects and long-term uncertainties, the BMJ study said that at least some of the hesitancy comes from “systemic racism” and a lack of trust between minorities and the government, pointing to “previous unethical healthcare research in black populations.” | Aside from general concerns about vaccine side effects and long-term uncertainties, the BMJ study said that at least some of the hesitancy comes from “systemic racism” and a lack of trust between minorities and the government, pointing to “previous unethical healthcare research in black populations.” |
| It cited the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment which ran from 1932 to 1972 in the US, during which African-Americans with syphilis were given placebos instead of treatment by scientists in order to observe the effects of untreated syphilis. | It cited the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment which ran from 1932 to 1972 in the US, during which African-Americans with syphilis were given placebos instead of treatment by scientists in order to observe the effects of untreated syphilis. |
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