Mistrust Sample Clauses

Mistrust. Upon review of qualitative research studies on vaccine hesitancy among Black Americans, another common thread is mistrust. Justifications for mistrust of COVID-19 vaccines fall into approximately three categories: historical mistrust, vaccine development wariness, and mistrust of politicians and the federal government.

Mistrust. The mistrust cultivated from an extensive national history of medical experimentation and mistreatment emphasizes what Xxxxxx et al. call the need for “trustworthiness before trust” when identifying and addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy (Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Hodge, & Xxxxx, 2020). The United States has effectively cultivated “a legacy of fear” of American healthcare for Black people (Xxxxxxx, xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, & Xxxxxxxxx, 2021). Current disparities in medical treatment of Black people with COVID-19 are noted, and enforce the existing iatrophobia fostered from the United States’ extensive history of mistreatment, experimentation, and exploitation in health (Washington, 2006). Intergenerational trauma from medical experimentation and unethical, racist health practices are contributors to risky health behaviors by many Black Americans including vaccine hesitancy (Simons et al., 2021). Phrases such as “guinea pig” are mentioned repeatedly when discussing the United States’ history of unethical medical experimentation on Black people as a reason to be wary of receiving the vaccine (Xxxxxxx et al., 2021). In the Xxxxxxx et al. study, one participant said, due to their wariness in the development of COVID-19 vaccines, they would “let thousands of Americans get it. . . to see their reaction before” they got it themselves (2021). This coincides with the data presented in the vaccine hesitancy study mentioned in the Background section in which twice as many Black people surveyed were hesitant to receive the vaccine first than those that were hesitant to receive it at all (Kricorian & Xxxxxx, 2021). The logic is that if people of socioeconomic privilege in this country, be they white, wealthy, white and wealthy, are okay post-vaccination then they will be as well (Xxxxxxx et al., 2021). Further, the logic is that wealthy white people would never be exploited for data in any capacity such as Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, whose HeLa cells are still sold to this day, was (Truog, Kesselheim, & Xxxxx, 2012). The multimillion dollar product her cells have become while her family did not have enough money to give her a proper funeral was also mentioned by many Black people wary of being pieces in experiments without their consent in the case of COVID-19 vaccination (Xxxxx et al., 2012). Many vaccine hesitant Black people also expressed disinterest in being used as chess pieces in the bipartisan pull for power (Xxxxx et al., 2021) (Xxxxxx et al., 2021). Especially with the admin...