The COVID-19 pandemic has hit communities of color harder than others’ and, now that vaccines have become available, vaccination rates among people of color are lagging behind those of other groups. To address these imbalances, the 100 Black Men of Greater South Bend, in cooperation with Beacon Health System and the Vera Z. Dwyer College of Health Sciences at Indiana University South Bend, has produced a video urging black and brown people to follow all of the cautions needed to avoid infection and to get vaccinated.
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit communities of color harder than others’ and, now that vaccines have become available, vaccination rates among people of color are lagging behind those of other groups.
To address these imbalances, the 100 Black Men of Greater South Bend, in cooperation with Beacon Health System and the Vera Z. Dwyer College of Health Sciences at Indiana University South Bend, has produced a video urging black and brown people to follow all of the cautions needed to avoid infection and to get vaccinated.
Featuring members of the 100 and other residents of the Greater South Bend area, the video calls on viewers to mask up, wash their hands, maintain social distancing and take all of the preventive steps that have become familiar over the last year of the pandemic.
Crucially, it also addresses the fears that many people of color feel about vaccines. “Get vaccinated” is the bottom-line message.