How do I know the Covid vaccine will be safe for me if I’m Black or Latinx or otherwise not white?

This is a key question touched on in Elemental’s expansive AMA on the Covid-19 vaccine. The question was presented to scientists and doctors and the answers compiled by science writers who know their stuff.

The biggest challenges to the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, Cox said, are trust in institutions, perceived safety of the vaccine, real safety of the vaccine, and access to the vaccine. Elemental has attempted to address all four of those issues and more in the answers below.

Here’s part of the answer: “In the Pfizer phase 3 trials, 9% of the participants were Black, 28% were Latinx, and 0.5% were Native American. It would be ideal to have higher percentages of these populations, but enough are enrolled that the company will eventually be able to compare efficacy across different races and ethnicities. (There aren’t enough total infections yet to determine that right now.)”

Read the entire list of questions and answers here.

Every Covid-19 Vaccine Question You’ll Ever Have, Answered