Bame Poor Vaccine Take-Up

[Paigntonian]

Woman from Runnymead Trust said on TV this afternoon that black Britons were in many cases unable to visit vaccine centres because of their poverty and the remoteness of centres. She also said that black health workers had been the first hit with the virus due to racism. One despairs.

[roopower]

The town where I live is not huge but we now have at least five vaccination centres in various parts of the town.

[emmie]

our vaccination centre was my surgery, for me a bit of a walk, 15/20 minutes. but once it was done i got home and joined a friend for a coffee outside, it wasn't till the evening when i had the side effects....

[emmie]

think there must be a lot of suspicion on the part of the BAME community, if there is a low turnout then perhaps the vaccine people could go to them, as has happened for some housebound patients.

[Theland]

Some of them might be too busy protesting outside Batley Grammar School.

[david small]

Silly silly woman. An agitator, and a racist, she should, but won’t be ashamed of her ignorance. As for Lenny Henry Awooggaa.

[Theland]

You mean Sir Lenny of Henry?

[Mamyalynne]

I seem to be the only one who didn't hear this lady or the words,context and examples she gave - therefore I'm not about to call her names.

Regarding the Video by Lenny and others,that isn't so new and I think it serves a good purpose in encouraging those with fears and doubts to make further enquiries.

[emmie]

i haven't mentioned anyones name only those who participated in Lenny Henrys video.

[Togo]

Are these people, who are living in isolated rural areas and disadvantaged by it, the same disadvantaged people that a few months ago were unable to visit the countryside and therefor disadvantaged victims of a pernicious regime? I wish they would make there minds up ... are they stuck out in the sticks or are they virtually jailed in a concrete cell? Does Runnynose Trust ever speak to the National Trust?

[webbo3]

Hospital transport is free.

[bobbinwales]

Interesting phone in on this on LBC now. 3 or the first 4 callers were black afro carribeans and were convinced that that the goverments usually put black people at the back of the queue so its suspicious that there suddenly trying to persuade black people to take it- there must be some secret agenda. Also they dont trust Lenny Henry- he's doing it for money apparently or he's not a representative of blacks. Finally one is convinced the hospitals have been empty during covid- its all exaggeration/lies.
Its all sounding hopeless to me

[bobbinwales]

No one on this phone in has argued that its because they ca'nt get to the vaccinnation centre 'cos of poverty etc. Its all down to mistrust and the goverment trying to pressurise black people so there resisting

[New Judge]

The best thing to do to improve the vaccine takeup among black people is to tell them they cannot have it.

[davebro]

They would riot - and still not have it.

[New Judge]

You could be right dave.

[royfromaus]

Only .54% of black groups volunteered for the vaccine trials.

[jourdain2]

I do despair a bit. Most BAME (we're not supposed to use that now) don't live in isolated communities. Without a car we could not have reached vaccination centres - 10 and 8 miles Xcountry and no bus. But there are vac. centres in every town, where there are buses. In Bradford they have opened mosques and I KNOW for a fact that they are within walking distance of something like 90% of the Pakistani population. (Unless physically handicapped, OK?)

It's not distance or anything like that. It is reluctance on other grounds. I also despair.

What is really worrying is the distancing of 'Communities' from the rest of the population. I've been worried about that for over 40 years.

[fender62]

so much for integration, polar communities the mindset of still living in the hinterlands.

[sanmac]

Just a little anecdotal information which doesn't prove anything, but which might aid in illustrating a point which certain posters are making. Last Friday, my wife and myself both went to get our first Covid shots at the same location but at different times of the day. We both commented on the absence of obviously visible minorities getting the shot. There
were many volunteering and administering the shots, but not getting the shots.

[fcc]

As bernard manning would have said,they can't find their way to the vaccination centre,but they found their way here.