“I do think that the communication has to really ramp up, across the board.”
Salman says it’s not just about flooding public platforms with information, but about understanding how information spreads in particular communities and taking the time to address them appropriately.
“They really need to engage with communities, especially minority communities, in the right way, in the right forums and with the right channels.”
It’s not a sales pitch
Chehata has spoken at a number of events, both online and, when restrictions permit, in-person at community centres and mosques.
He tells the Guardian that people are looking for answers.
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Faith leaders urged to spread word amid calls for churches to be used as vaccination hubs
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Religious leaders are being urged to publicly support the COVID-19 vaccine to dispel a groundswell of coronavirus misinformation circulating among ethnic communities that threatens to undermine the vaccine rollout.
Doctors are also pushing for churches and mosques to be used as mass immunisation centres as public health experts warn that reaching culturally and linguistically diverse communities, who were hit hardest in Victoria’s deadly second wave of coronavirus, will be critical to the success of the national vaccine program.
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