Social and Political Thought Programme in the Social Sciences Department, York University, Toronto, Canada.
Glob Public Health. 2022 Jun;17(6):1099-1112. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2021.1912809. Epub 2021 Apr 11.
The anti-vaxx movement is often associated with conspiracy theories and dismissed as being 'anti-science'. However, scepticism from Black communities must not be read as being 'anti-science', but rather 'anti-scientist' due to endemic racism in medical communities and structural inequalities in healthcare. Since slavery and its aftermath - such as through the case of Henrietta Lacks, and now through the Covid-19 pandemic - the devaluation of Black life has been highlighted through the failure to acknowledge and address health disparities amongst racialised and Black peoples [primarily in the United States]. Although the development of a vaccine is an important step in fighting Covid-19, its development and distribution need to be done so safely and in conjunction with addressing the needs and concerns of Black communities, who have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic.
反疫苗运动常与阴谋论联系在一起，并被视为“反科学”。然而，不能将黑人群体的质疑解读为“反科学”，而应解读为“反科学家”，因为医疗界存在根深蒂固的种族主义和医疗保健方面的结构性不平等。自奴隶制及其后果以来——例如通过 Henrietta Lacks 的案例，以及现在通过新冠疫情——通过未能承认和解决种族化和黑人之间的健康差距，黑人的生命贬值问题一直很突出[主要在美国]。虽然疫苗的开发是抗击新冠疫情的重要一步，但需要安全地开发和分发疫苗，并结合解决黑人群体的需求和关切，这些群体受疫情的影响不成比例。
