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Churches increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake among African-Americans

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https://www.science20.com/news_staff/chu...ans-253642

INTRO: Pilot results from San Bernardino County, California, where crime is prevalent and distrust in government high, found that religion may be key to COVID-19 vaccine uptake. Focused education efforts and an on-site mobile clinic in Black church parking lots resulted in the vaccinations of 417 people, 84% of whom were Black. Results also showed an increase in Black attendance of mass vaccination clinics to 3.6% of total patients, up from 3%, in the week following asking Black churches and clergy to help in COVID-19 vaccination education and distribution.

The initiative was developed in the wake of decades of the Black community's institutional distrust, in a state that already leads the country in vaccine denial. Though the Affordable Care Act created equal access to health care, it cannot mandate adequate access and that has left poor, crime-ridden areas like San Bernardino behind... (MORE)
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