New report shows some minorities don't trust a proposed COVID-19 vaccine, Bakersfield leaders weigh in

COMMUNITY TRUST THE VACCINE....BUT A FEW LOCALORGANIZATIONS SAY BUILDING THATTRUST IS SOMETHING THATTHEY WILL BE REALLY FOCUSING ONIN THE UPCOMING MONTHS, AND THEBEST WAY TO DO THAT IS THROUGHEDUCATIONWE HAVE HAD DIFFERENT TYPES OFEXPERIMENTS PUT ON THE AFRICANAMERICAN COMMUNITIES THOSETYPE OF ISSUES CONTINUE TO STEMGREATLY THAT WE CONTINUE TO TRYANDFIGHT THOSE ISSUES IN OURCOMMUNITY.A STUDY CONDUCTED BYTHE COVID COLLABORATIVE, THENATIONAL CHAPTER OF THE NAACPAND UN-NI-DOS SAYS IT COLLECTEDRESPONSE QUESTIONERS FROM MORETHAN 1,000 AFRICAN AMERICANADULTSAND 258 LATINO ADULTS.

THERESULTS SHOWS THAT THESE TWOGROUPS HAVE BEENDISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BYTHE PANDEMIC WITH HIGH NUMBER OFPOSITIVE CASESAND DEATH THROUGHOUT THEIRCOMMUNITIEWHERE ONLY 18 PERCENT OF AFRICANAMERICANS SAYTHEY TRUST IN THE VACCINEEFFECTIVENESS.

PATRICK JACKSON,THE PRESIDENT OF THE BAKERSFIELDNAACP CHAPTERSAYS IT'S CRUCIAL THAT COMPLETESTRANSPARENCY IS TAKING PLACEWITH THE VACCINATION."I THINK EDUCATING PEOPLE WHENTHEINFORMATION IS COMING OUT ANDBEING TRUTHFUL AND LETTINGPEOPLE FEELMORE COMFORTABLE.

THE MOREINFORMATION THAT WE HAVE THEMORETRUSTED WE CAN FEEL TO MOVEFORWARD TOGETHER BECAUSE WE KNOWWE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER AND ITSSOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO HAVETO FIGHT TOGETHER.I THINK WE START WITH THE WOMENBECAUSE THEY ARE USED TO HAVINGTHEIR CHILDREN VACCINATED INORDER TO GO TO SCHOOL SO THEREIS ALREADY AN UNDERSTANDING ONTHE IMPORTANCE OF THEVACCINATION- SO WE ARE PREPPINGTO DO SOME DEEP ORGANIZING.

.TRUST BUILDING IS ALSO CRITICAL,IN HELPING MINORITY COMMUNITIESBUILD CONFIDENCE IN THE PEOPLEAND INSTITUTIONSRESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING ANDDELIVERING A VACCINE ANDENSURING THAT COMMUNITIES HAVEACCESS TO QUALITY INFORMATIONTHAT HELP BUILD THEIRUNDERSTANDING OF THE SCIENCE.THE STUDY ALSO SAYS 40 PERCENTOF LATINOS TRUST THE VACCINE ANDDOLORES HUERTA WHO IS KNOWNAMERICAN LABOR LEADER SAYS THATWHEN THE VACCINE IS RELEASED INPHASES MORE GROUPS SHOULD BEINCLUDED.FARMER WORKERS WHO ARECONSIDEREDESSENTIAL WORKERS AND OF COURSEARE HANDLING OUR FOOD THATS ONOUR TABLES EVERYDAY SO WE AREADVOCATING THAT THEY SHOULDRECIEVE THE VACCINE RIGHT AFTERHEALTH CARER WORKERS, DOCTORSAND NURSES..THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTSAYS THAT THEYARE CURRENTLY IN THE EARLYSTAGES OF PLANNING ON VACCINEEDUCATION AND ARE CURRENTLYAWAITING STAGUIDANCE AS WELL..

BUT SAY WECAN EXPECT TO HEARFURTHERDETAILS IN THE NEXTUPCOMING WEEKS.

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