Miami-Dade’s Black Communities Lag in Vaccination Rates
Vaccination rates were lower in communities where people lack access to vehicles and health insurance. Overall, vaccination rates were 30 percent lower in ZIP codes where more than a quarter of residents live in poverty.
April 27, 2021 •
TNS
(TNS) - Roselle Monestime Noel, a 68-year-old home healthcare aide from North Miami, tried to get a coronavirus vaccine for two months.
It shouldn't have been so hard, Noel thought. Her age and job made her among the first group eligible under Florida's vaccine roll-out. But the odds were against her from the start. Information was limited, and mostly in English, which, even after 40 years in Miami, was still something of a barrier for the Haitian immigrant.