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Research shows that concerns over taking the vaccine are higher in some, but not all, BAME groups THERE’S been a lot of talk about the anti-vax brigade, alongside mask refusal and lockdown denial from all the usual moaning suspects that get far too much oxygen in the British media. Now the British Red Cross is taking this misinformation and subjective nonsense head on, promoting a positive nationwide campaign to tackle the real problem of vaccine hesitancy in the UK, particularly among BAME communities. Hesitancy to take the vaccine is a serious matter. High population take-up is essential in helping us overcome Covid-19 alongside continuing social-distancing measures, levels and tiers systems – anything less will threaten the pandemic response and could keep us in repeated lockdown limbo as well as a continued threat to life. With so much misinformation flying around and in some cases suggestions that anti-vaxxers are deliberately targeting vulnerable groups with negati
London, United Kingdom – COVID-19 vaccine uptake among ethnic minority Britons is lower than among white people, according to recent data, a development that is fuelling concerns that the coronavirus could continue to disproportionally affect some communities and prompting calls for government action.
As of February 11, 86 percent of white people aged between 70 and 79 had been vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the study from OpenSafely, run by the University of Oxford and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Among Black, mixed heritage and South Asian people of the same age, the figures stood at 55 percent, 68 percent and 73 percent respectively, according to the study, which was published on Tuesday.