Some black and South Asian people say conversations about the vaccine are 'frustrating' and 'tense'.
The government has said it will use the report findings to help tackle health disparities, which have been raised an issue throughout the pandemic.to find out why people in the UK from black, Asian and other ethnic minority groups were twice as likely as white people to be infected by coronavirus, and more likely to need intensive care and to die from the virus.racial disparities have a "significant impact" on people's health in general.
"Those conversations are quite hard, they're frustrating, but they're not as easy as saying someone is right and wrong - there's more to it than that."The issue of trust is the main reason roughly a third of Cameron Cole's black friends and family haven't had the jab yet. "People make their minds up for themselves and always edge towards the rubbish that they hear on YouTube because it goes against what the powers that be are saying."Sharnie May Crooks, who is black Caribbean, says about 20% of her family has had the vaccine.
"The tension comes when we send different news reports and statistics into the family group chat - it's usually just all the unvaccinated people speaking and all the vaccinated people not saying anything."Sharnie May Crooks says she's been called "selfish" by some people at uni over her decision not to have a jab
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