Many Latinos are hesitant to get a COVID-19 vaccine

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HUMBOLDT COUNTY, Calif. (KIEM)- The Humboldt County Health Department has made a push to vaccinate every resident for COVID-19, but it looks like the local Hispanic community could be falling through the cracks.

12% of the population in Humboldt County is Latino, but only a small percentage of that community is actually getting the coronavirus vaccine.

Dr. Stephanie Dittmer, a family medicine physician in Fortuna, says that 85% of her patients are Hispanic or Latino.

Dr. Dittmer says that there is a lot of misinformation that the Hispanic community receives either through social media or from friends and family and that is a big reason why many in the Hispanic community are hesitant to get the vaccine.

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“Many people that have loved ones in other countries or use certain social media apps will get information from poor sources and will have lots of fears regarding things in the vaccine,” said Dr. Dittmer. “So, that to me has been one of the largest groups of people about misinformation about what’s in it.”

Dr. Dittmer says that it is very hard for many Spanish speaking families to get accurate information either because of a language barrier or mistrust of medical science. 

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She says public outreach is important to over-come the misinformation.

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“I think you need to meet people where they’re at,” said Dr. Dittmer. “I think the most effective forms of outreach are to have community activism and grassroots community organizing to make that happen.”