Forum seeks to eliminate hesitancy surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine in communities of color February 20, 2021 4:58 PM Elenee Dao Updated: SPOKANE, Wash. — People of color are disproportionately affected by COVID-19, and are also getting left behind in the nation’s vaccine rollout. Washington promised to make vaccine equity a priority, getting doses to under represented communities. That hasn’t happened, and a long history of vaccine hesitancy is also a factor. Trust in public health is a big issue for many people, but specifically for people of color. That’s why the NAACP and other Black leaders in Spokane came together on Saturday to answer any questions people may have about the vaccine, in hopes to make them feel a little more comfortable about it.