. With the first round of COVID-19 vaccines arriving this week in Minnesota, the eventual end of the pandemic is more than just a theoretical possibility. But two steep challenges lie ahead: distributing the vaccines, and convincing people to take them. Public health experts anticipate that overcoming vaccine hesitancy will be a major challenge next year, especially in immigrant and refugee communities. Experts and community leaders already are deep into discussions about how to do so. “It’s going to be a tough fight,“ said Ahmed Osman, a Rochester, Minn.-based community advocate. “But I’m also hoping that the damage that COVID has caused in the last 10 months will help people accept this.”