Ethnic Minorities Less Likely To Take Coronavirus Vaccine….

[naomi24]

….according to polling for the Royal Society for Public Health. //The RSPH chief executive, Christina Marriott, said the results of the polling were highly concerning but unsurprising. “We have known for years that different communities have different levels of satisfaction in the NHS and more recently we have seen anti-vaccination messages have been specifically targeted at different groups, including different ethnic or religious communities … But these are exactly the groups which have suffered most through Covid….They continue to be most at risk of getting ill and most at risk of dying. So the government, the NHS and local public health must rapidly and proactively work with these communities.”//

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/16/people-from-ethnic-minorities-less-likely-to-accept-covid-vaccine-says-poll

They're not only putting themselves at risk but others too. Can they be convinced - and if so, how?

[emmie]

who are the authorities naomi, the police??

[emmie]

they have nothing to do with the pandemic.

[woofgang]

The Rabbinical Council of America have been proactive, also the Conference of European Rabbis. https://rabbis.org/covid-19-vaccine-guidance/?fbclid=IwAR3YRiwqkpXrxAnNI7sMqAzx6g_7gKRTz_KaiKFhKDMZe6EGnibXu-nlxjE

https://www.thejc.com/news/world/conference-of-european-rabbis-releases-advice-on-coronavirus-1.497629

[naomi24]

I think pretty much anyone in authority, emmie. TV news at lunchtime reported that some believe the vaccine is microchipped.

[emmie]

i have no answer to that one Naomi, some are going to have it some not, its better the majority of course.

[emmie]

we had jabs when a kid, assume they still do that. Mass vaccinations against once child killers, like scarlet fever, TB.

[emmie]

wasn;t there a scare monger in the last few years, about the MMR vaccine, causing autism? and some stopped getting their children from being vaccicnated.

[Zacs-Master]

The MMR / Autism situation isn't completely resolved:
https://www.autismeye.com/vaccine-inoculations-autism/

[emmie]

he was struck off as i recall, discredited. If its not resolved then what can you do -

[emmie]

don't immunise your child?

[Zacs-Master]

Personal choice.

[pixie374]

He was struck off, after carrying out a tiny pointless survey. I remember asking the nurse about it, as it was the time my youngest was vaccinated.
He is autistic, but that was obvious from well before the vaccine, and none of my others are.

[emmie]

same as this vaccine, but its surely better to have it than not.

[emmie]

https://www.nhs.uk/news/medication/no-link-between-mmr-and-autism-major-study-finds/

[emmie]

as to original post, community nurses who can perhaps explain the need to vaccinate.

[fender62]

if anti vaxers dont want it, so be it...if everyone else has immunity to it.. they only have themselves to blame for any deaths in families etc
for warned.

[Togo]

I think Bluemoon had the same maths teacher as Dianne Abbot. :))

[emmie]

fender i think some in the Ethnic communities are not anti vaxxers, but just perhaps not fully aware of the dangers of this virus.

[dave50]

If people don't want to take the vaccine it's their choice and its nobodys elses fault if they catch the virus, only themselves to blame.

[Peter Pedant]

an awful lot of media ya ya about this
what people say they would do
and what they do
are different.

voting in a general election is one - and in the presidential election

I was more interested in groups who maintain beliefs that are obviously damaging - and then kinda tolerate the damage