More Latinos in the community getting COVID-19 vaccine after disparities
COLUMBIA - More of the Latino/Hispanic population in Missouri is finally getting vaccinated after having doubts. According to Missouri's vaccine dashboard, 27.1% of the Hispanic/Latino population have received the first dose, compared to 26.5% of non-Hispanic/Latinos who have started their vaccine doses. In February, only 0.8% of the Hispanic/Latino population had started to get the COVID-19 vaccine compared to 5.6% of non Hispanic/Latinos who had started. KOMU 8 spoke with different Latinos in the community to understand why they were hesitant to get vaccinated back when it first started in ...