As the COVID-19 vaccination program rolls out erratically across the US, research increasingly shows that health inequities underlying who gets infected will also affect who gets vaccinated.
In telling statistics reported by the CDC and KFF, people of color are more likely to be infected or hospitalized, and more likely to die from the coronavirus.
The numbers are stark.
Compared to whites, American Indians are 1.9 times more likely to be infected, African Americans nearly 3 times more likely to be hospitalized, and Latinx people 2.4 times more likely to die.
Asian Americans are the highest risk for hospitalization and death among any ethnic group. In San Francisco, it’s reported that Asian Americans consistently account for nearly half of COVID-19 deaths.
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Show Transcript KCRA 3’S STEPHANIE LIN TALKED TO COMMUNITY LEADERS ABOUT THIS NEW RESEARCH. WE WANT TO GET LIFE BACK TO NORMAL. STEPHANIE: RESEARCHERS WITH U.C. DAVIS HEALTH NOW LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN CLINICAL TRIALS FOR THE NEW NOVAVAX VACCINE PRIORITIZING GROUPS DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY COVID-19. IF THE GOAL IS TO PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS FIRST, THE COMMUNITIES DISPROPORTIONATELY EFFECTED NEED TO GET THE VACCINE. STEPHANIE: THE TRIALS REQUIRE VOLUNTEERS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS, THOUGH PEOPLE IN HIGH-RISK GROUPS, INCLUDING LATINOS, BLACKS, AND NATIVE AMERICANS, ARE ASKED TO PARTICIPATE. WE ANSWER ANY QUESTION THE PATIENT HAS, AND THE PATIENT CAN WITHDRAW ANYTIME THEY SEE FIT. STEPHANIE: ARE YOU GOING TO BE ENCOURAGING FOLKS IN THE LATINO COMMUNIT
A nation run on identity politics is a genocidal and ethnocidal nightmare that s worse than you can imagine or believe. And, as usual, California leads the way. When Virginia Hedrick first heard about the coronavirus circulating on cruise ships off the coast of California back in March, it made her think back to some of the first ships of European settlers that arrived on American shores centuries ago, also teeming with disease. So some would say that it was an unintentional spread of infectious disease upon contact. Others would say it was absolutely intentional, says Hedrick, a member of the Yurok tribe who grew up on a reservation in Humboldt County.
Biden and Pence set to get COVID-19 vaccine Print this article
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to get the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in public next week, a move that he hopes will encourage people who are apprehensive about receiving the shots. I don t want to get ahead of the line, but I want to make sure we demonstrate to the American people that it is safe to take, Biden told reporters Wednesday in Wilmington, Delaware.
Biden had already pledged that he would get the vaccine on camera. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert, said Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will get the first round of shots “as soon as we possibly can.”