Question
How do I know I’m being treated equally? How do I know this isn’t experimentation in black people?
22 December 2020. Related: All topics, COVID-19.
Answer
The concerns about equality are very real. Nearly all countries still have structures that are not equal. Many have a history where people were treated differently.
In the UK, this still affects access to important services that include education and medical care. This is even when there are policies to make access fair.
However, ethnicity has been linked to higher risk of COVID-19 in black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities. This actually makes access to the vaccines even more important.
As all the studies included people from all ethnicities. There is good data to show they are at least as safe and effective.
COVID vaccines will be offered to people of all ethnicities. As has been seen in the news all ethnicities have the choice to use the vaccine.
This short video is from Nigerian GPs working in the UK who have all had COVID-19 vaccines. Nigerian GP video.
Please note this video is included as an information resource. It is not directly liked to HIV and i-Base was not involved in producing it.
This is one of more than 65 questions about COVID vaccines. It was produced by and for people living with HIV.
Q&A on COVID vaccines: are they safe and effective?
https://i-base.info/qa/16330
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