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The issue of equity has loomed large over California’s vaccine rollout, with Gov. Gavin Newsom often speaking about the importance of administering vaccines “through an equity lens.” But stark inequities have still emerged in vaccine administration in the state, with white and Asian people in affluent areas being inoculated at higher rates than Black and Latino people in poorer areas.
Under a new program intended to improve COVID-19 vaccine availability for people in hard-hit communities of color, the state has been setting aside blocks of appointments at two new mass vaccination sites. Special access codes for those appointments are being given to local organizations in Black and Latino communities, with the organizations expected to distribute the codes to community members. The codes are intended for use by people living in the most affected communities who are vaccine-eligible but might otherwise struggle to get an appointment.