COVID-19 vaccine refusal is higher among health and social care workers who feel pressured by their employers
COVID-19 vaccine refusal is higher among health and social care workers who feel pressured by their employers 12 May 2021 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine https://lshtm.ac.uk/themes/custom/lshtm/images/lshtm-logo-black.png
Study offers insight into vaccination across ethnic minority groups and emphasises variations in outreach and the importance of voluntary vaccination Share
Health and social care workers who felt under greater pressure from their employers to receive COVID-19 vaccination were more likely to decline it, according to preliminary new research highlighting factors influencing uptake.
Black applicants significantly more likely to fail RAF selection tests than white counterparts
Defence chiefs claim the tests have been proven not to be biased, and blamed the disparity on underlying educational issues
15 December 2020 • 9:39pm
A Typhoon Mk4 of 29 Squadron Operational Conversion Unit based at RAF Coningsby taxing after another training flight
Credit: Sgt Paul Oldfield/PA
The Royal Air Force has admitted for the first time that black applicants are significantly more likely to fail its selection tests than their white counterparts.
Documents seen by The Telegraph reveal that white and Asian applicants to the RAF consistently score up to 36 per cent higher than black candidates on tests of technical skills and spatial awareness.