Vaccine Doubts Disappearing Faster in Black Americans Than White

Black Americans overcame reservations about Covid-19 vaccines more rapidly than White people, according to findings that indicate access may be the biggest stumbling blocks to putting more shots in arms.

A study published Friday in the journal JAMA Network Open looked at how vaccine hesitancy evolved among a sample of Black and White U.S residents. While hesitancy rates were comparable when the vaccines first rolled out in December 2020. Black respondents indicated less wariness than White respondents about three months later.

Disparities in vaccination rates persist more than a year after the shots rolled out. A Kaiser Family Foundation analysis ...