“Too many Latinx millennials and Gen Z mistakenly believe that if our abuelitos and older parents are vaccinated, they’re safe, and younger people around them can forgo the jab,” writes jeanguerre for latimesopinion.
about 87% of Latinos age 65 and older have received at least one dose of the vaccine, nearly the same as whites and Asians in that age group. But among Latinos in our 30s and 40s, only 65% have received a dose. For Latinos ages 18 to 29, the rate drops to 60%.
We as a community will never escape the deadly toll of this virus until we all embrace the vaccine. For months, I’ve tried and failed to convince my anti-vaccine relatives to get the jab for the sake of older family members like my mother, who has an autoimmune disorder that heightens her risk. Part of the problem is the intractability of disinformation. Young Latinos are more likely to get news from social media platforms such as Facebook and TikTok,But it’s more than that. Jonathan Garcia, Oregon State University’s global health program director, told me systemic racism plays a part.health outcomes than the first generation because of higher degrees of discrimination.
This withdrawal from engagement is not true for all young Latinos. Angela A. Gonzales, professor of justice and social equity at Arizona State University, has beenhow youths of different ethnicities see the vaccine. Her preliminary analysis shows many Latinx youth are “collectivistic,” seeing vaccination as familial duty. “For others, though, it’s almost the opposite: resistance to government intervention and suspicion about having to provide personal information,” she told me.
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