To Distribute Vaccine Equitably, Sacramento Should Start Now
Officials in the state capital need to start working with at-risk communities to ensure the COVID vaccine is distributed rapidly when it’s readily available.
Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks, The Sacramento Bee
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January 7, 2021
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(TNS) — In many ways, devastating disparities have defined the coronavirus pandemic.
In California, Latino, Black and Pacific Islander residents have been disproportionately killed by the virus. Black and Latino workers have lost their jobs at higher rates during the pandemic. Those who remained employed were more likely to be working the kind of jobs, considered essential, that are often low-paying and put them at greater risk of exposure.