The vaccine hesitant trust us. We can change their minds
Meet the ambassadors who are working to persuade people in their own black, Asian and minority ethnic groups to have the jab
26 February 2021 • 3:11pm
Asifa Patel: ‘I personally know people in my community who are sceptical about the vaccine and are listening to the misinformation around it that has spread’
Credit: Asadour Guzelian
“He got all his information from WhatsApp videos and hearsay,” explains Asifa Patel, recounting a recent phone call with a British Indian man in his 50s from West Yorkshire. “He had a lot of stories of people getting negative effects from the Covid vaccine, and didn’t want to get it himself. One of his biggest concerns was that he doesn’t trust hospitals. He thinks people get worse when they go there, and he told me stories he’d heard about people having bad experiences.