Vaccinations are plateauing. Don't blame it on 'resistance'

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https://www.statnews.com/2021/04/27/vaccinations-are-plateauing-dont-blame-it-on-resistance/

By Stefanie Friedhoff

Excerpt:

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I lead a team at Brown University School of Public Health that is undertaking new research in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation and community organizations across the U.S. to understand people’s experiences regarding vaccination, public health, and the health care system more generally, rather than just their intentions about this specific vaccine. What we have learned so far from this survey, fielded by HIT Strategies in communities of color in five U.S. cities, is telling: Even though a majority of Black and Latino Americans want to get vaccinated — 72% in this survey — a surprising 63% said they didn’t have enough information about where to get the shot. In addition, more than 20% said they had regularly been treated with disrespect when getting health care in the past, and 20% said they have had trouble finding health care when needed.

Despite these systemic barriers, only 3% of the total sample said that nothing at all would move them to get the Covid-19 vaccine.

Everyone else, even those who said “no” to getting a vaccine now, listed reasons that would motivate them to get a shot, such as “seeing a person I trust get the vaccine” or having “a vaccination site close to my home.”

In fact, “having more information” is the single most important concern expressed by those unsure about the Covid-19 vaccine, according to almost every poll that asks this question. This is true across the political spectrum. Blaming conservative Americans for taking their time or for believing lies, and labeling them as hesitant or resisters only hardens their viewpoints. Instead, the public health community needs to come to grips with what motivates people, and also with the harmful impact of misinformation on Americans who do not have access to quality information.

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[Walleye]

1. Well, there's Ron Johnson et al

[mucifer]

2. Here in Illinois the state is spending 60 million dollars to address the vaccine

hesitancy and educate educate educate.

Also, consider the walk ins .

I believe when people walk into walgreens and see they don't have to sign up for the vaccine they will get the shot.

As always the red states will run things as a sh-t show.

[mopinko]

4. the whole appointment dance

just gets in the way for a whole lot of people, esp the poor and disabled.
they rly need to do more walk-ins. i forget where it was, but they figured this out and made a big dent in the # of unvaccinated.

i'm someone who rly hates to have to make appts for stuff. making it, remembering it, getting to it, it's stress to me. this has bugged me from the start.

[genxlib]

6. This works a whole lot better with the single shot

Which is finally available again

If you get the two shot version you are stuck with an appointment to follow-up.

Whatever works

[mopinko]

7. a 2nd appt w a known provider is a whooooole lot different

than the whole dance to find one.
they make them at the same time they give the shot, so- no riggamarole.

[dawg day]

5. I did that with the flu shot last year

Figured I'd get it when I next went to the doctor. Then I walked into CVS, and therefore signs for free! And actual lines taped with arrows pointed to the pharmacy section. I had this peer pressure sense that everyone was doing it now, and I shouldn't wait... I can see that working for people who aren't adamant against it.

My aunt in Florida said the CVS in her town pays seniors $10 to get the free flu shot, and everyone waits eagerly for that every year.

[Lovie777]

3. Are those Blacks and Latinos live in red states? . ..