Vaccination stats of over-80s in England revealing huge racial disparity, with white people more than double as likely to have been vaccinated as black people.
https://twitter.com/bengoldacre/status/1354353492266246146
A similar pattern has been seen in Israel, where Israeli Arabs have low coronavirus vaccine uptake, despite relatively easy access. Vaccine uptake also lower among Ultra-Orthodox Jews.
In Israel, conspiracy theories about the vaccine are spreading widely on Arab/Palestinian social media, which could be contributing to hesitancy.
As more countries begin wide vaccination, we'll probably see this pattern replicated. Authorities need to think about how to reach ethnic minority groups and convince them the vaccine is safe.
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