Then, Harding s husband looked at her. He had conviction in his eyes, she recalled. We have to get the vaccine because we are African Americans in the medical field, he said to her. That was my confirmation, Harding said.
Vaccine distrust
A disproportionate number of them are from minority communities.
Black Americans are 1.1 times more likely to contract COVID-19, nearly 3 times as likely to be hospitalized, and nearly twice as likely to die from the disease, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Hispanic and Latino individuals as well as American Indians and Alaskan natives also are disproportionately likely to be infected, hospitalized and killed by the coronavirus.
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