PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Lee Kirksey AU - Adam J. Milam AU - Caleb W. Curry AU - Ahmed A. Sorour TI - Vaccine hesitance and vaccine access in minority communities AID - 10.3949/ccjm.88a.ccc079 DP - 2021 May 09 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/early/2021/05/07/ccjm.88a.ccc079.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/early/2021/05/07/ccjm.88a.ccc079.full AB - Attaining equity in vaccination distribution is a moral and ethical goal that ensures all members of our community are properly cared for. We suggest a comprehensive approach that involves allocating community resources based on local economic, demographic, and COVID-19 infection data, removing technology barriers by staffing vaccine appointment call-in centers, distributing vaccines based on objective factors (eg, household density) rather than on a “first come, first served” basis, and creating pop-up vaccination sites at trusted community organizations such as federally qualified healthcare centers, churches, libraries, and barber/beauty shops. Until every community is safe, no community will be safe.