Half of Tennessee parents are likely to get children vaccinated for COVID-19, Vanderbilt poll finds
But half of the parents surveyed in this recent poll agreed they would be more likely to wear a mask if there was a state mandate. A much larger portion of Black parents – 73% – report wearing masks, compared to 52% of white parents, and 79% of Black parents say they believe mask-wearing is important for children, compared to 65% of white parents. Black, Hispanic and other members of marginalized racial or ethnic groups are among the Americans who are getting infected and dying at disproportionately higher rates than white residents, in part because of greater likelihoods of members of...