Joint CDC and UW study finds significant distrust within incarcerated populations towards COVID-19 vaccine
Sydney Kurle | Apr 8, 2021
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In a study conducted by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and University of Washington (UW), fewer than half of the inmates in jails and prisons said they would accept a COVID-19 vaccine, while a majority either said they wanted to wait before getting the vaccine or would refuse one.
The study, led by Dr. Marc Stern, affiliate assistant professor of health services in the UW School of Public Health, was part of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The researchers surveyed more than 5,000 inmates, both men and women, in late 2020 from three prisons and 13 jails in Washington, California, Florida and Texas.