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Them: Why aren’t Black/brown folks getting vaccinated as quickly as white people?
Us: Uhhh...medical racism?
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Us: Uhhh...medical racism?
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You’ve probably heard that a new COVID-19 vaccine has been released for the public health care workers to start administering.
We’ve seen the Biden-Harris administration on national tv get vaccinated, and other political figures urging the American folks to *trust* the vaccine.
We’ve seen the Biden-Harris administration on national tv get vaccinated, and other political figures urging the American folks to *trust* the vaccine.
OK—fine. But Black + Latinx folks are receiving the vaccine at a lower rate—like seriously lower rates than white people, and it’s starting to give us medical racism.
Here at RNG, we’ve been discussing disparities in the health and medical field for years.
We know that the government doesn’t prioritize Black/brown folks the way they should which results in a higher percentage of deaths—and at a higher rate. https://rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2019/02/26/racism-in-medicine-as-doctors-we-must-do-better/
We know that the government doesn’t prioritize Black/brown folks the way they should which results in a higher percentage of deaths—and at a higher rate. https://rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2019/02/26/racism-in-medicine-as-doctors-we-must-do-better/
This time last year, we discussed how (specifically) Black women encounter discrimination and bias from health-care providers which inevitably contributes to the imbalance between maternal care and fatality rates. https://rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2020/01/17/structural-racism-in-medicine-worsens-the-health-of-black-women-and-infants/
According to @CDCgov, Black/brown folks are dying of COVID-19 at THREE times the rate as white folks! 
So why are white folks getting vaccinated quicker than the folks most affected by the virus?
@Reprorightsdoc spoke about this not too long ago: https://rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2020/04/27/abortion-rights-inequities-care-killing-us/
So why are white folks getting vaccinated quicker than the folks most affected by the virus?
@Reprorightsdoc spoke about this not too long ago: https://rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2020/04/27/abortion-rights-inequities-care-killing-us/
So, now that we know why Black/brown folks aren’t getting as much access to the vaccine as white folks, let’s find out why Black/brown folks who DO have the opportunity to get the vaccine are apprehensive.
It’s easy.
There’s a long history of Black/brown folks being intentionally deceived/misled by the medical field. https://rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2020/09/14/in-the-1970s-racism-led-to-women-being-sterilized-against-their-will-could-it-happen-again/
There’s a long history of Black/brown folks being intentionally deceived/misled by the medical field. https://rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2020/09/14/in-the-1970s-racism-led-to-women-being-sterilized-against-their-will-could-it-happen-again/
Just look at the Tuskegee experiments of the ’50s, the coerced sterilization of Black women in the ’70s, the forced sterilization of ⅓ of Puerto Rican women during most of the 20th century, or the forced hysterectomies of ICE detainees that came to light last year.
If the government wants Black/brown folks to start taking the COVID-19 vaccine, it’s going to have to:
Make the vaccine more readily available in Black/brown communities
Address the medical racism/trauma Black/brown folks have endured for decades https://rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2018/04/13/make-change-hitting-national-wallet/
Make the vaccine more readily available in Black/brown communitiesAddress the medical racism/trauma Black/brown folks have endured for decades https://rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2018/04/13/make-change-hitting-national-wallet/
