Black and Hispanic Communities Grapple With Vaccine Misinformation
The false information arrives on social media and fringe news sites, influencing people already facing other hurdles to getting vaccinated. Some activists are going door to door to counter it.
Daniel Lander and Armando Mateos, who are working for a community group trying to dispel vaccine misinformation, distributing pamphlets, masks and more in San Jose, Calif.Credit...Ulysses Ortega for The New York Times
SAN JOSE, Calif. — On an unseasonably warm day in February, two men working with a local community group went door to door in an ethnically diverse neighborhood to persuade people to sign up for Covid-19 vaccinations.