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SARS-CoV-2: Vaccine Hesitancy among Racial and Ethnic Minorities with HIV in the Southern US

Ana S. Salazar, Deborah Jones Weiss, Violeta J. Rodriguez, Raymond R. Balise, Nicholas Fonseca Nogueira, Claudia Uribe Starita, Kristiana Morgan, Patricia Raccamarich, Emily Montgomerie, Irma Barreto, Marissa Maddalon, Nicolle Yanes Rodriguez, Theodora Brophy, Thais Martinez, Maria L. Alcaide
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA., Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Division of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Fl. USAA

ABSTRACT
Medical mistrust and vaccine hesitancy can impact the acceptability of a COVID-19 vaccine among ethnic minorities living with HIV. 56 Black non-Latinx and 38 non-Black Latinx were recruited. Black non-Latinx participants were less likely to agree that vaccinations are important for health (68% vs 92%, p<0.05), that vaccines are effective in preventing disease (68% vs 84%, p<0.05) and that vaccine information is reliable and trustworthy (36% vs 71%, p<0.05) when compared with non-Black Latinx.