Closing Maryland s racial gap in COVID-19 vaccinations poses a steep challenge as mistrust in the vaccine lingers.|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||Vaccine hesitancy is a big reason the rate of vaccination in communities of color is disproportionately low. The 11 News I-Team spoke with shoppers Friday at Mondawmin Mall, some of which said they are not going to get vaccinated because they re scared. One after another, the I-Team heard people express fear of the vaccine and concern about unanswered questions.Simon Benjamin, like many of the people the I-Team spoke with, is aware of the coronavirus vaccination campaign but uninterested or afraid of signing up. I m 75 years old. I have confidence myself, Benjamin said.Asked whether he ll get the vaccine, Benjamin said: Not at the moment. I don t know nothing about it, I really don t. They don t tell you what s in it. They say, Take a needle. Tell me what the needle is consisting of
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