@FaithAction has highlighted the high degree of ‘vaccine hesitancy’ among BAME communities, with a Queen Mary study of the London population, suggesting that only 39% of the BAME population group would have the Covid-19 vaccine compared with 70% of white Londoners. The reasons are complex and often understandable, but faith-based organisations can have a real impact with those they work with by myth-busting and explaining the science.
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Vaccine hesitancy - do faith bodies have a role?
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ripples of concern through public health teams and among those administering the rollout—and they should concern us, too, especially given that the pandemic has already had a disproportionate impact on BAME communities
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