Mental health issues tend to surface when people reach college age. We’ll look at how colleges and universities are addressing the mental health concerns of students.
Mental health issues tend to surface when people reach college age. We’ll look at how colleges and universities are addressing the mental health concerns of students.
Few Blacks receiving COVID vaccine than whites
ZANESVILLE - Reflecting disparities statewide, Black Muskingum County residents are being vaccinated against COVID-19 at a fraction of the rate of white residents.
Approximately 8% of African Americans in the county have received at least one dose of a COVID vaccine at 265 people, the Ohio Department of Health reported Monday. White residents have been inoculated at nearly twice the rate at around 15%, 11,971 people.
About 6.3% of Black Ohioans have been inoculated for COVID compared to 13.8% of white Ohioans. Public health officials said this could also be due to how many Blacks are eligible to receive the COVID vaccine in the state s phased approach.
The Daily Jeffersonian
The COVID-19 vaccination rate for white residents of Guernsey County is nearly double the rate of Black residents.
The disturbing vaccination rate is nearly the same across Ohio where 11.80% of whites have started vaccinations compared to only 5.22% of Black Ohioans.
The Ohio Department of Health reported 1,474,872 million Ohioans or 12.62% of the state’s population had started receiving vaccinations.
In Guernsey County, 4,092 white residents (11.02%) have begun receiving COVID-19 vaccinations, according to ODH statistics released Tuesday. Only 36 Black residents, or 5.93% of the Black population, have received vaccinations. A large part is the history of vaccines and a distrust of science, said Dr. Dinah Meyer, chair and professor of psychology at Muskingum University, when asked why minority residents are choosing to not get vaccinated.