Vanguard Vaccination Project

Bring out the White Coats: Improving Vaccination Rates in the Hispanic Community

July 23, 2021 Global Vaccination Advisors and The Vanguard Network Season 1 Episode 3
Vanguard Vaccination Project
Bring out the White Coats: Improving Vaccination Rates in the Hispanic Community
Show Notes

Hispanic people make up about 20% of the US workforce, and yet they are being vaccinated for COVID at a rate far lower than other Americans. Their rate of disease and death from COVID is disproportionately high.

Dr. Felix L. Nunez, board president of the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved says that employers have the power to improve this situation. First, understand the historical and cultural reasons behind reluctance to get vaccinated. Second, make vaccination accessible. Third, use trusted sources of information: notably those in white coats: doctors, nurses and public health workers.