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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    How to overcome COVID vaccine skepticism among Black and Brown communities

    The coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected communities of color.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Dec 11, 2020 • 10m Listen

    The coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected communities of color. But only about half of the state’s Latino population is willing to get the vaccine, and less than a third of Black Californians say they’ll get it, compared to more than 60% of whites and 70% of Asian Americans. That’s all according to an October survey by the Public Policy Institute of California. What might it take to overcome this mistrust among Black and Brown communities?

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    Congress passes week-long spending bill, but what about another COVID stimulus package?
    1. 0:00Congress is at ‘square one’ after another week of no COVID stimulus package
    2. 9:02How to overcome COVID vaccine skepticism among Black and Brown communitiesYou’re reading this
    3. 19:31When Trump and Giuliani got COVID, they were treated with a drug cocktail unavailable to most people
    4. 27:02Nacho-style cannoli for Hanukkah, plus the LA Times’ 101 restaurants list
    5. 36:10'The Prom’ is ‘absolutely tonedeaf in execution,’ says critic
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